The Ukrainian government has appointed three more deputy heads of the Ministry of Defense

The Ukrainian government has appointed three more deputy defense ministers, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced on Facebook (part of Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia).

Lieutenant General Ivan Gavrilyuk, who was the chairman of the Ukrainian working group at the coordination center for assistance in Germany and an adviser to the Commander of the Logistics Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, became the Deputy Minister of Defense for military-technical policy. Umerov explained that his task is to reshape the Ukrainian defense industry to NATO nomenclature.

Dmitry Klymenko, who was the commercial director of Ukrtransgaz JSC, became the deputy head of the Ministry of Defense for procurement issues. He also worked at the State Property Fund of Ukraine, which was previously headed by Umerov. Issues of institutional development as deputy minister will be supervised by Stanislav Gaider from the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC).

Personnel changes in the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense occur after shifts its heads. Alexey Reznikov, who headed the Ministry of Defense since November 2021, resigned on September 4. On September 6, the Verkhovna Rada approved Umerov as Minister of Defense.

On September 4, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine made a decision fire six deputy ministers of defense. September 27th were appointed the first three deputies are Yuri Dzhigir, Natalya Kolmykova and Ekaterina Chernogorenko.