The Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) votes about the resignations of several ministers, including the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olya Stefanishyna, UNIAN and Ukrinform reported, citing a Telegram message from Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, writes BTA.
He specified that the decision was supported by 241 Ukrainian deputies.
Furthermore, the Verkhovna Rada voted with 244 votes "for" in support of the resignation of Ruslan Strylets from the post of Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources. Denys Malyuska was dismissed from the post of Minister of Justice with the support of 249 Ukrainian people's representatives.
243 MPs voted for the dismissal of the Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamishin.
The resignations of Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk, Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Ukrainian Territories, were not accepted. "For" only 214 deputies voted for her resignation, with 226 votes needed.
With a difference of 1 vote, the resignation of the head of the State Property Fund Vitaly Koval was also not accepted.
The Verkhovna Rada did not vote for the resignation of Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The review of his resignation was postponed, which means that for now he remains the first diplomat of Ukraine.
According to Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the ruling party deputies probably decided that they did not have the necessary support to accept the resignation, notes UNIAN.
German Foreign Minister Analena Berbock said Kuleba was one of the people she worked most closely with, writing in Aix about "long conversations on night trains, at the G7, on the front line, in Brussels, in a power plant destroyed by the bombings.
Long conversations on night trains, at the G7, on the frontlines, in Brussels, in front of a bombed-out power plant. There are few people I've worked as closely with as you, @DmytroKuleba. You put the people of your country before yourself. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/e8j9f4MF2w
— Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock (@ABaerbock) September 4, 2024
Kuleba "puts the people of his country before himself,", she said.
"I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart - we will meet again when peace and freedom have finally returned to all of Ukraine," added Berbok.