The Parliament of Ukraine designated the first prime minister in five years on Thursday, part of an important review of the cabinet aimed at revitalizing war management as a peace of peace with Russia.
Yulia Svydenko, 39, has been commissioned by President Volodymyr Zelensky to boost the production of national weapons and revive the economy dependent on Loans of Ukraine.
In a speech to Parliament, Zelensky said he expected his new government to increase the participation of national weapons on the Battlefield of Ukraine up to 50 percent from 40 percent within six months.
He also highlighted the deregulation and expansion of economic cooperation with the allies as other key objectives of the greatest reorganization of the Government since the invasion of Russia in February 2022.
Svydenko, an experienced technocrat who had served as the first vice -first minister since 2021, promised to move “quickly and decisively.”
“War leaves no room for the delay,” he wrote in X. “Our priorities during the first six months are clear: reliable supply for the army, the expansion of national weapons production and promoting the technological force of our defense forces.”
Svydenko is also well known by the Trump administration, since it has negotiated an agreement that gives the United States preferential access to the mineral wealth of Ukraine. It was considered crucial to reinforce the relationships between Kyiv and Washington.
When addressing legislators on Thursday, Zelensky said that more agreements with the US. UU. They would be presented but offered no specific detail.
Parliament also appointed former Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, the oldest head of government of Ukraine, as Minister of Defense and Svitlana Hrynchuk as Minister of Energy.
The former deputies of Svydenko, Oleksiy Sobolev and Taras Kachka, will serve as Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture and Deputy Prime Minister of European Integration, respectively.
“This team tries the weather,” Shmyhal wrote Thursday. “Below are new tasks, challenges and a high level of responsibility.”
Challenges ahead
Svyrydenko takes over the government while Russian forces press an offensive offensive in the expansion of more than 1,000 kilometers and intensify air attacks in Ukrainian cities.
Ukraine is betting on a budding industry, partially fed by foreign investment, to defend against the largest and best -armed war machine in Russia.
With the state income that goes to defense, Kyiv will also need to find money to finance its Blood Budget deficit as foreign aid decreases. The authorities have said they could face a deficit of approximately $ 19 billion next year.
Svyrydenko said his government would launch a complete audit of public finances to achieve “real savings”, as well as accelerate large -scale privatizations and help entrepreneurs.
Some opposition legislators expressed skepticism about the ability of the new government to remain independent of the administration of Zelensky, which exercises significant powers of war under the constitution of Ukraine.
“The president’s office will tell them what they really should do,” Yaroslav Zheleznyak of the Holos Party wrote.
Drone ‘Mega-Deal’
The president of the United States, Donald Trump and Zelensky, are considering an agreement that involves Ukrainian drones tested on the Washington battlefield in exchange for kyiv to buy weapons from the United States, Zelensky said in an interview with an interview with The New York Post.
Zelensky said his last conversations with Trump focused on an agreement that would help each country reinforce their aerial technology. Ukrainian drones have been able to achieve objectives as deep as 1,300 kilometers in the Russian territory.
“The people of the United States need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal,” Zelensky said The post in the interview conducted on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian leader said the drones were the key tool that has allowed his country to fight Russia’s invasion for more than three years.
“We will be ready to share this experience with the United States and other European partners,” he said. Ukraine was also in conversations with Denmark, Norway and Germany, he said.
On Thursday, Zelensky announced not specified future agreements with the United States, which he would strengthen his country.
The US Budget for Defense and Security Budget. UU. Next year increases spending on small drones, partly due to the lessons learned during the Russia War in Ukraine, where unmanned airplanes have proven to be an integral part of low -cost but highly effective fighting.
