New PM and US ambassador: What we know of Ukraine's government reshuffle

16/07/2025 12:57 France 24

After weeks of speculation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a government reorganisation naming Defence Minister Rustem Umerov as the next US ambassador and economist Yulia Svyrydenko as prime minister. Svyrydenko played a key role in concluding a natural resources agreement with the United States giving Washington preferential access to swathes of Ukraine's mineral wealth.

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