Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba submitted his resignation Wednesday as part of an expected government reshuffle.
Parliamentary Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk posted Kuleba’s resignation letter on Facebook.
Lawmakers are expected to consider the resignation of multiple officials, including the deputy prime minister and the justice minister, with new appointments coming Thursday, officials said.
Kuleba, who became foreign minister in 2020, has helped lead Ukraine’s outreach to the world throughout the Russian invasion that began in early 2022. He met regularly with Western officials, including European Union foreign ministers last week as Ukraine sought more military aid.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during his nightly address Tuesday that Ukraine needs to “strengthen some areas” of its government and that “personnel decisions have been prepared.”
“We need a new level of simultaneous information work, cultural and diplomatic. And a new level of relations with the global Ukrainian community,” Zelenskyy said. “Now is the time to give new strength to Ukraine’s governmental institutions, and I am grateful to everyone who will help.”
乌克兰外交部长德米特罗·库列巴周三提交了辞呈，这是预期中的政府改组的一部分。
国会议长鲁斯兰·斯特凡丘克在脸书上发布了库列巴的辞职信。
官方表示，预计议员们将考虑多名官员的辞职，包括副总理和司法部长，新任命将于周四公布。
库列巴于 2020 年出任外交部长，在 2022 年初开始的俄罗斯入侵期间，他帮助领导了乌克兰与世界的接触。上周，在乌克兰寻求更多军事援助时，他定期会见了包括欧盟外交部长在内的西方官员。
乌克兰总统泽连斯基在周二晚间讲话中表示，乌克兰需要“加强政府的某些领域”，并且“人事决定已经准备好了”。
泽连斯基说，“我们需要同时开展新的信息工作，包括文化和外交工作。以及与乌克兰全球社会建立新的关系。现在是赋予乌克兰政府机构新力量的时候了，我感谢所有愿意提供帮助的人。”
