Zelenskyy supports the head of the state energy company Koretskyi for the new PM of Ukraine | News of the Russian-Ukrainian war

Ukraine’s parliament is expected to vote on a new prime minister on Thursday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Sergii Koretskyi, the head of Ukraine’s energy company Naftogaz, is the right candidate to become prime minister amid the country’s crisis. reforming the second cabinet in a year.

“The most important thing is obvious – preparing for the winter,” Zelenskyy said on Wednesday as Kyiv prepares for another expected Russian outage on Ukraine’s electricity grid. “Therefore, following all negotiations, Sergii Koretskyi is ready to be appointed as the prime minister of Ukraine.”

If elected by parliament, which is responsible for appointing the prime minister, Koretskyi will replace Yulia Svyrydenko, which Zelenskyy pushed out after one year of working.

Parliament approved Svyrydenko’s resignation as prime minister on Tuesday and is expected to vote on his replacement on Thursday. The party should go with the leader that Mr. Zelenskyy likes because his party controls most of the seats in the parliament.

New ‘political strategy’

The Prime Minister’s resignation leads to the resignation of all ministers, meaning a major shake-up is expected.

Much attention has turned to the fate of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at a time when the tide on the battlefield is turning in Ukraine’s favor as he presses campaign against remote drones in Russia.

Fedorov, 35, is a technology activist who comes from outside the Ministry of Defense and has been there for the past six months.

Asked whether Fedorov would retain his role as defense minister in the new cabinet, Zelenskyy said he would meet with Fedorov and the military leadership on Wednesday before a meeting with ruling party lawmakers.

Zelenskyy did not elaborate on the recent shake-up, saying that Ukraine is following a new “political process” that requires a new election, including the government and the constitution.

He said that the new political plan will focus on the most important issues of foreign countries, including agreements to develop Patriot air defense systems under license, to advance Ukraine’s work to become a member of the European Union and to expand relations with the Gulf region, which he described as one of the “promising” areas in the world to protect security and economic cooperation.