Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said new heads of regional military administrations will be selected for Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Ternopil and Chernivtsi oblasts.
- Zelensky stated that decisions on the regional posts will be made on Jan. 4, with Cabinet approval expected soon and new appointees beginning work next week.
- He proposed moving Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal to the post of first vice prime minister and minister of energy, a portfolio vacant since Nov. 19 following dismissals tied to a NABU investigation.
- On Jan. 2, Zelensky proposed First Vice Prime Minister and Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov for the defence minister role.
- Kyrylo Budanov accepted an offer to lead the President’s Office, Oleg Ivashchenko was named to head Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate, and the choice for a new foreign intelligence chief remains pending.