{
  "id": 1736721,
  "title": "Zelenskyy submits picks for defense, foreign minister posts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/zelenskyy-submits-picks-for-defense-foreign-minister-posts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/khmara-and-sybiha-may-head-ministry-of-defense-and-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-after-zelenskyy-s-ok-50633769.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted nominations to the Verkhovna Rada for Yevhenii Khmara to serve as defense minister and Andrii Sybiha as foreign minister, according to posts by MPs Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Oleksii Honcharenko, and Iryna Herashchenko on Telegram on Aug. 18.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Zelenskyy submits nominations for defense, foreign ministers to Rada, proposes Khmara and Sybiha – MP Zhelezniak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/zelenskyy-submits-nominations-for-defense-foreign-ministers-to-rada",
        "published": "2026-08-18T13:35:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Zelensky submits nominations of Sybiha as foreign minister, Khmara as defense minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/zelensky-submits-nominations-of-sybiha-as-foreign-minister-khmara-as",
        "published": "2026-08-18T13:53:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Post",
        "title": "Zelensky Submits Khmara, Sybiha Nominations to Parliament",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/zelensky-submits-khmara-sybiha-nominations-to-parliament",
        "published": "2026-08-18T14:53:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}