The Latest Breaking News from Volodymyr Zelenksyy

US secretary of state expected to announce initial package of military aid for Kyiv of up to $200m

Rustem Umerov is from the Muslim Tatar community in Crimea that largely resisted Russia’s 2014 annexation.

The multilingual Crimean Tatar boasts a successful career in finance and is known for being a skilled negotiator.

Oleksii Reznikov, whose ministry has been hit by corruption scandals, confirms in letter he is stepping down

Volodymyr Zelenskiy to dismiss defence minster Oleksii Reznikov; Russia strikes port infrastructure in Odesa critical to grain exports

Oleksii Reznikov has faced graft allegations since January when his ministry was accused of buying food at inflated prices

Russian president says the Black Sea grain deal will not be restored until restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products are lifted

Zelensky says Ministry of Defence needs ‘new approaches and different formats of interaction both with the military and with society’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow's demands to facilitate Russian agricultural exports. Putin made the statement after talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Russian…