Ukraine's new prime minister announces full audit of public spending


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  • Thursday, 17 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko, First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, takes part in the panel discussion "Ukraine: The Road Ahead" at the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's newly appointed Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said on Thursday that her government would be launching a full audit of public finances to achieve "real savings", and that large-scale privatisations should be accelerated.

Svyrydenko, who was voted in by parliament earlier in the day, said on X that her priorities in the role would be to ensure reliable supplies to the army and to expand domestic weapons production.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Max Hunder; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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