Zelensky says he proposed the dismissal of Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko; Zheleznyak: She will probably be ambassador to the US

"I am grateful to Yulia for her clear, stable and effective work as Prime Minister, as well as for her years of productive service in the Ukrainian team, and I offered her the opportunity to lead a new and important area of ​​relations with a key partner. I expect that, together with the deputies, we will implement appropriate changes in the Government of Ukraine," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on the X platform.

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Sviridenko and Zelensky during a visit to the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, which was hit during Russian missile and drone attacks, June 15, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Sviridenko and Zelensky during a visit to the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, which was hit during Russian missile and drone attacks, June 15, 2026. Photo: Reuters
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that he had proposed the dismissal of Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko, Reuters reports.

"I am grateful to Yulia for her clear, stable and effective work as Prime Minister, as well as for her years of productive service in the Ukrainian team, and I offered her the opportunity to lead a new and important area of ​​relations with a key partner. I expect that, together with the deputies, we will implement appropriate changes in the Government of Ukraine," Zelensky wrote on the X platform.

Zelensky said the changes in the government were needed to "ensure the implementation of the updated political strategy," but did not provide further details.

Sviridenko was appointed in July 2025.

Zelensky did not specify what new position Sviridenko would take on or who could succeed her, but he added that there would also be changes among the heads of law enforcement agencies.

Opposition MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that Sviridenko will likely take over as ambassador to the United States of America (US).

"This means that she will leave the post of prime minister and that the entire government will be reconstructed," Železnjak wrote on Telegram.

According to Ukrainian law, the resignation of the prime minister must be approved by parliament, and it implies the resignation of the entire government.

Lawmakers say possible successors include her predecessor, Energy Minister Denis Shmihal, Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov, and Sergei Koretsky, director of state energy company Naftogaz.

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