It might be possible that Oleksii simply is exhausted and not able to fulfill all his duties at the same time anymore. And who can blame him, he has a really stressful war to manage
There’s been some corruption scandal in defense ministry with deputy minister being dismissed recently IIRC. Reznikov supposedly held on by the skin of his teeth so it was probably a matter of time until he got replaced.
Not to detract from his accomplishments of course but Ukraine is in the middle of accelerated transformation to European norms in this regard and it was bound to generate some friction.
Interestingly, new minister is Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, previously cooperating with Turkey on housing for Crimean Tatars displaced after 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
While I doubt this is the reason why he’s chosen, the timing of the announcement is a bit symbolic as Turkey restarts grain deal negotiations tomorrow. Turkey has been active in safeguarding interests of Crimean Tatars.
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