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Zelensky to purge more top officials – media
Ukraine’s defense minister and top spy are reportedly on the chopping block
Zelensky to purge more top officials – media
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is planning to dismiss Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov, the Strana news site reported on Friday. The report comes less than two weeks after Zelensky sacked half of the government’s ministers.
According to Strana, both Umerov and Budanov have fallen out of favor with Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak.
“The fact is that there is serious tension between Budanov and [Yermak],” an anonymous source told the news site, describing Budanov as “one of the few remaining influential people in Zelensky’s inner circle who are an alternative to Yermak.”
Ukraine’s defense minister and top spy are reportedly on the chopping block
Zelensky to purge more top officials – media
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is planning to dismiss Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov, the Strana news site reported on Friday. The report comes less than two weeks after Zelensky sacked half of the government’s ministers.
According to Strana, both Umerov and Budanov have fallen out of favor with Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak.
“The fact is that there is serious tension between Budanov and [Yermak],” an anonymous source told the news site, describing Budanov as “one of the few remaining influential people in Zelensky’s inner circle who are an alternative to Yermak.”