Ukrainian president appoints Oleksiy Kuleba as deputy head of his office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed five regional governors and appointed Oleksiy Kuleba as deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

The decrees to that effect have been published on the website of the head of state, Ukrinform reports.

Zelensky dismissed Valentyn Reznichenko as head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration.

In addition, the head of state dismissed Oleksandr Starukh as head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi as head of the Sumy Regional State Administration and Yaroslav Yanushevych as head of the Kherson Regional State Administration.

The head of state also dismissed Kuleba as head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration.

According to decree No. 42/2023, Kuleba was appointed deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on January 24 approved draft presidential decrees on the dismissal of the heads of the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Sumy and Kherson regional military administrations.