Zelenskyy orders urgent reset of supervisory boards in Ukraine's defence sector
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal to carry out an urgent reboot of supervisory boards in the defence sector.
Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)
Details: Zelenskyy made the statement during a meeting with Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko.
Quote: "I instructed Minister of Defence of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal to carry out an urgent renewal of supervisory boards in the defence sector as well. It is through supervisory boards that management and oversight of internal processes in companies are carried out, and this must be ensured one hundred percent."
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Background:
- Following the exposure of corruption schemes in the energy sector, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) voted to dismiss Svitlana Hrynchuk as minister of energy on 19 November. The Cabinet of Ministers (Ukrainian government) has appointed Artem Nekrasov as acting energy minister.
- On 16 November, Zelenskyy said he had held a meeting with Svyrydenko on further steps to clean up and reboot the management of the energy sector and related institutions, and announced upcoming personnel decisions.
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