Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk resigns: official statement

Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk has decided to resign. She submitted a corresponding statement to the Verkhovna Rada. This was announced by Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk on Facebook, according to [Kommersant]

Stefanchuk noted that Vereshchuk’s application had already been received by the Verkhovna Rada. It will be considered at one of the next plenary sessions.

“Reboot. After almost three years in the Government, today I submitted my resignation. I thank the President for his trust! I thank the Prime Minister and members of the Government for their cooperation! I thank the MPs for their support! I thank the team of the Ministry of Reintegration for their work and dedication!” she wrote.

As a reminder, the Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshyn, Minister of Justice Denys Maliuska, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets, and Head of the State Property Fund Vitaliy Koval have all resigned.

The Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine,Olha Stefanishyna, also resigned. According to the source [Kommersant] Stefanishyna may take over the Ministry of Justice instead of Denys Malyuska, who also handed in his resignation today.

The information of Kommersant Ukrainian about the dismissal of the deputy head of the Presidential Office, Rostyslav Shurma, has been confirmed. On 3 September, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Rostyslav Shurma from his post.

The head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction , David Arakhamia, announced a major Cabinet reset this week.