Overview
- The Verkhovna Rada voted 265 in favor to accept Denys Shmyhal’s resignation as minister of defense.
- Lawmakers voted 270 to dismiss First Vice Prime Minister and Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
- Deputies summoned Security Service of Ukraine head Vasyl Maliuk to report and then proceeded to consider his dismissal in his absence.
- In farewell remarks to lawmakers, Shmyhal said Ukraine received 23 long- and medium-range air-defense systems and 11,000 missiles in 2025 thanks to allies.
- The actions followed President Volodymyr Zelensky’s early-January personnel proposals and the Jan. 9 submission of resignation letters.