Mr Reznikov will be replaced by Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar politician.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that defence minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar politician.
“I have decided to replace the Minister of Defence of Ukraine,” he said on his official Telegram account.“I believe that the Ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society at large.”
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