Ukraine's PM Shmyhal resigns as part of major government reshuffle


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  • Tuesday, 15 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal attends a press conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

(Reuters) -Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday he had submitted a resignation letter, as part of the country's largest wartime governmental reshuffle expected this week.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday nominated First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to replace Shmyhal. Svyrydenko, who is also the economy minister, is a close and long-standing ally of Zelenskiy.

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