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Minister of Defense Yevhen Khmar decided to keep the core team of the Ministry of Defense while adding new people to it. The new head of the ministry told journalists about the staffing decisions on 30 August, in particular explaining what he had offered former minister Mykhailo Fedorov during a personal meeting.
According to Khmar, his priority is preserving the Ministry of Defense team. The minister said this while speaking with journalists.
"There remain strong specialists in the ministry with competence and a state-minded position. Their task is to ensure continuity of work, continue important projects, and strengthen those areas that require additional attention," Yevhen Khmar said.
At the same time, the team is being strengthened by new people. Mykola Shvydky has joined as deputy minister of defense and is responsible for the front; Liubov Halan is responsible for the development and retention of the Defense Forces' human capital. Khmar specifically noted why he brought another specialist back onto the team.
"Serhii Boiov returned to the team at my initiative; his experience is important for working with international partners," Minister of Defense Yevhen Khmar said.
Soon there are plans to strengthen the defense-industrial complex and export direction — Hanna Hvozdtiar will become deputy for that direction. Separately, the ministry will bolster digital transformation and the cognitive warfare direction: for the digital direction they are considering a candidate with combat experience and experience working in the Ministry of Defense, and for cognitive warfare a candidate has already been selected and tasks have been defined.
Khmar spoke about the meeting with Fedorov
Asked by journalists about a possible return of Mykhailo Fedorov to the Ministry of Defense as an advisor or in another role, Khmar said they had one meeting in July. At that meeting the minister proposed finding any model or format to continue working together on projects, but did not offer any specific positions. So far there has been no feedback from Fedorov.
Yevhen Khmar headed the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on 19 August. President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed him after the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov, and that same day in the Verkhovna Rada Khmar announced his resignation from military service.
Earlier Informator reported that Khmar was officially dismissed from military service before the vote in the Verkhovna Rada on his candidacy for the minister's post. The president had proposed Khmar's candidacy back on 16 July amid the scandal surrounding Fedorov's dismissal, when mass protests demanding his return to the post began in Ukrainian cities.
We also wrote that People's Deputy Mykyta Poturayev refused to give up his mandate, which he had intended to resign in protest of the coalition's personnel policy after Fedorov's resignation. The deputy explained that the reasons for such a step disappeared after Khmar was appointed minister of defense and Mykhailo Drapatyi became commander-in-chief.
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