Cabinet appoints two deputy defense ministers

Taras Melnychuk, the Government's Permanent Representative to the Verkhovna Rada, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed eksandr Yarema as State Secretary at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (again), Vodymyr Vasylenko as Deputy Minister of Social Picy of Ukraine, Yevhen Moisiuk as Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Valerii Churkin as Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, and Vodymyr Buchko as First Deputy Head of the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine," he wrote.

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Melnychuk also added that the government had approved the appointment of Denys Denyshchenko as Deputy Head of the Vyn Regional State Administration.

Vodymyr Buchko was relieved from his position as First Deputy Head of the State Service of Geogy and Mineral Resources of Ukraine.

In October-November 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers made the decision to dismiss Deputy Ministers of Defense Stanislav Haider, eksandr Serhii, and Yurii Dzhyhyr.