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Ukraine Appoints Svyrydenko as Prime Minister in Wartime Cabinet Reshuffle

Her confirmation ushers in a streamlined Cabinet tasked with raising domestic arms production to 50 percent under martial law.

Newly appointed Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko attends a session of Ukrainian parliament, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Andrii Nesterenko
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with reporters during the Ukraine Recovery Conference at La Nuvola convention center in Rome, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Newly appointed Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko speaks to the Ukrainian parliament July 17 as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada backed Yuliia Svyrydenko with 262 votes, making her the first new head of government since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
  • Outgoing prime minister Denys Shmyhal was reassigned as defense minister to lead an expanded ministry overseeing procurement, strategic industries and wartime budgets.
  • President Zelenskyy charged the new government with boosting domestic weapons output from around 40 percent to 50 percent within six months.
  • The Cabinet structure was trimmed by merging and cutting ministries to free resources, ease regulations and deliver key social support programs.
  • Svyrydenko’s role in brokering the US–Ukraine mineral deal underscores a push for economic diplomacy as shrinking foreign aid and budget deficits pressure Kyiv’s finances.