Overview
- Parliamentary speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said the Verkhovna Rada received resignation letters from Denys Shmyhal and Mykhailo Fedorov.
- Stefanchuk stated that the legislature will consider the resignations in the near future.
- Zelensky has proposed moving Shmyhal to the Energy Ministry with the role of first vice prime minister and naming Fedorov as defense minister.
- The Energy Ministry post opened after the previous minister was dismissed following a large corruption scandal at Energoatom.
- Shmyhal has served as defense minister since July 2025 after more than five years as prime minister, while Fedorov has led digital transformation since 2019 and directs the ‘Drone Line’ initiative.