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Zelenkyi appointed Klymenko as Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and Umeyrov as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 3 on August sacked RUSTEM Umeyrov from the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and appointed Igor Klymenko to that position. He also dismissed acting head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Oleg Lugovsky.
In turn, Rustem Umeyrov headed the Foreign Intelligence Service. This is stated in the decrees on the president’s website.
“To dismiss Oleg Vasylovych Lugovskyi from his temporary duties as Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine,” notes the first of them.
The Foreign Intelligence Service had been without a full leader since February, when its head Oleh Ivashchenko was appointed to the Main Directorate of Intelligence instead of Kyryl Budanov. In the morning 3 of August the president announced his intention to appoint Rustem Umeyrov as its head, who was to lose his post as Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council because of the appointment of Igor Klymenko. Klymenko had previously been Minister of Internal Affairs, and the president considered him as a candidate for Minister of Defense. Amid mass protests sparked by the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov from the Ministry of Defense, Klymenko’s candidacy was not advanced.
The ministry, in an acting capacity, is led by Yehhenny Hmara – an experienced head of the Centre for Special Operations “A” of the Security Service of Ukraine, specializing in middle‑ and diplomacy strikes against the enemy.
In the position of head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Umeyrov will develop drone deals with partners and continue diplomatic work, the President stated.
Rustem Umeyrov was a People’s Deputy from the Holos faction, and later headed the State Property Fund of Ukraine. After that he became the second Minister of Defense of Ukraine during the full-scale invasion: in that post he replaced Oleksii Reznikov. He led the Ministry of Defense from 6 September 2024 to 17 July 2025. After that he became Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and, in effect, a national security adviser to the president. He participated in talks with the United States and Russia, and after the resignation of Andriy Yermak he headed the negotiating group.
Last year Umeyrov’s candidacy was discussed as a candidate for ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. In the end, this post went to Olha Stefanishyna.
In July the president made a career offer to Umeyrov, details of which were not disclosed. The president also said that Umeyrov would handle communications with partners, negotiations, promoting security cooperation and developing relations between Ukraine’s and partners’ intelligence communities, and implementing programs such as Drone Deals and the Ukrainian anti-ballistic program “Freya.”
Igor Klymenko received an offer to become Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council after losing his post as Minister of Internal Affairs. As head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs he served since winter 2023. Igor Klymenko led the ministry following the tragic death of Minister Denys Monastyrskyi. // LB.ua
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