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Hanna Hvozdyar has been appointed deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine. She will be responsible for the development of the defense-industrial complex and the export of Ukrainian defense solutions.
What the new deputy minister will be responsible for. Hvozdyar's area of responsibility will be Ukraine's defense-industrial complex. The key priority remains the needs of the front — the military should receive the necessary Ukrainian weapons on time and in sufficient quantities to counter Russian threats on the battlefield. A separate focus of Hvozdyar's work will be the export of Ukrainian defense solutions, the production of which exceeds front-line needs. As the Defense Ministry states, export can become a tool for developing mutually beneficial partnerships with Ukraine's allies and attracting additional funding for Ukrainian defense. The overall task is a strong defense-industrial complex that provides the front with what is needed now and creates a long-term advantage for Ukraine. What is known about Hvozdyar. Hvozdyar has significant experience working with the defense-industrial complex: she has held posts as deputy minister for strategic industrial sectors, as well as deputy minister of defense. Hvozdyar began her professional career in the private sector: from October 2012 to August 2021 she led LLC "Protege", and from July 2015 to April 2016 she worked as an adviser to the head of the Luhansk Military-Civil Administration. In May 2021 she joined the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation — first as deputy director on a part-time basis, from August 2021 to September 2022 she held this position on a permanent basis. From September 2022 to September 2023 she led the foundation as director. Her career then continued in the public sector: from September 2023 to July 2025 she was deputy minister for strategic industrial sectors; from July 2025 to January 2026 she was deputy minister of defense under Denys Shmyhal; from January to September 2026 she was an adviser to the minister of defense; before 7 she again held this position under Yehor Khmara. Also read: Almost 1,2 billion dollars in losses: NYT reveals Ukraine's defense procurement problems.
Personnel changes in the defense ministry continue since mid-summer: after the government of Mykhailo Fedorov resigned, Yevhenii Khmara was appointed as minister of defense, officially approved by the Verkhovna Rada 19 in August. In forming his team, the new minister systematically appoints deputies — notably, at the beginning of August one of them became Mykola Shvydkyi, entrusted with strengthening the Defense Ministry's cooperation with the Armed Forces and coordinating work with the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drahpaty.
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