President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 14ᵗʰ asked First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to replace Denys Shmyhal as head of government, launching the biggest shake-up in Kyiv’s cabinet since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. In a post on X the president said he had invited Svyrydenko to “significantly renew” the government’s work and present a fresh action plan “in the near future.” Shmyhal, the longest-serving prime minister in independent Ukraine, will be nominated to become defense minister once he files his resignation, Zelensky added.