Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigns to make way for government shakeup

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on September 4 reportedly became the latest cabinet official to submit his resignation after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced plans to shake up the wartime cabinet, RFE/RL reported.

Announcing Kuleba's resignation, speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said it would be discussed by lawmakers in Ukraine's parliament.

A day earlier, Stefanchuk said Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna and Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk had also tendered resignations.

Zelenskiy has said more changes to Ukraine's government are coming in an effort to strengthen the government and deliver the results that the country needs.

"That is why there will be a number of personnel changes in the cabinet of ministers and the office of the president," he said on September 3, indicating that the changes would be coming in the fall.

Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin, Justice Minister Denys Malyuska, and Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets also resigned earlier the same day. Kamyshin, who oversees domestic arms production, said he would continue working in the defense sector but in a different role.