In Kiev, they said that President Zelensky is ready to present a candidate to replace the current Minister of Defense
There are reports from Kiev that President Zelensky intends to carry out the removal from the post of Defense Minister Andrei Taran. Taran has been in this position since March 2020, replacing Andrei Zagorodnyuk. Andrey Taran has the rank of Lieutenant General.
The information is confirmed by the head of the Servant of the People faction in the Ukrainian parliament David Arakhamia. According to the head of the "presidential" faction, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already decided on a candidate for the post of head of the military department.
At the same time, Arakhamia said that the President of Ukraine will present a candidate for this position in the near future.
The head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada:
At the moment, Arahamia does not name any surnames. However, on the sidelines of the Rada, they say that a woman can become the new Minister of Defense of Ukraine.
Recall that this year, Volodymyr Zelenskyy replaced almost all of the Ukrainian generals who are in command posts. The commanders of the Ground Forces, the Airborne Forces, and other branches and branches of the armed forces were dismissed. The commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian army, the commander of the so-called OOS was dismissed from his post.
Experts, commenting on such a large-scale reshuffle, called the process a "cleansing" of Zelensky, who fears that the military could remove him from power by staging a military coup. If this is the case, then now in the post of the head of the Ministry of Defense one should expect a person who is 100 percent loyal to Zelensky or someone who will be seated there by Ukraine's “partners”.
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