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Sébastian SEIBT

Operation ‘carte blanche’ : Ukraine’s new defence minister cleans house

Ukraine Rustem Umerov Volodymyr Zelenksyy Hanna Maliar FRANCE 24 Corruption Oleksiy Reznikov United Nations
Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov attends the Yalta European Strategy Forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, September 8, 2023. © Efrem Lukatsky, AP

Six Ukrainian deputy defence ministers were dismissed on Monday, September 18, a clean sweep that comes just two weeks after a new minister has taken the reins. The fight against corruption is not the only cause of this upheaval in one of Ukraine's most strategic ministries. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the factors behind the overhaul.  

All six of Ukraine’s deputy defence ministers were dismissed on Monday, September 18, by new Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, according to a message posted on Telegram by the Ukrainian government’s secretary general, Oleh Nemchinov. Even Hanna Maliar, the high-profile deputy minister who had held her position since 2021, did not escape the purge. 

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