Overview
- The president formally filed Mykhailo Fedorov’s nomination to the Verkhovna Rada, with the draft resolution registered on January 13.
- The National Security Committee unanimously recommended Fedorov for defense minister in a 16–0 vote, according to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
- The Energy Committee supported Denis Shmyhal to become first vice prime minister and minister of energy, voting 19 in favor with 2 abstentions.
- Earlier in the day, lawmakers voted to dismiss Fedorov from the first vice prime minister–digital transformation post and to remove Shmyhal as defense minister.
- Zelensky has emphasized deploying technological solutions in defense as a guiding principle to reduce battlefield casualties.