Parliament appoints Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister
The Verkhovna Rada has approved President Volodymyr Zelensky's nomination of Yevhenii Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister.
On August 18, Ukraine's President Zelensky appointed Major General Mykhailo Khmara as the country's new defense minister following Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko's resignation and the automatic resignation of the entire Cabinet. Khmara, a Major General of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), has a distinguished military career spanning over 15 years.
He has participated in various combat operations, including the liberation of the Kyiv region, the Donetsk region, and the liberation of Snake Island. Prior to his appointment as defense minister, Khmara served as acting head of the SBU's Special Operations Center A, which consistently ranks among the most effective units in terms of enemy equipment and personnel destroyed using drones.
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