Ukraine, expulsion of all former deputy defense ministers

Ukraine, expulsion of all former deputy defense ministers

Sep 20, 2023 - 05:32
Ukraine, expulsion of all former deputy defense ministers
Ukraine, expulsion of all former deputy defense ministers


  Two weeks after firing the defense minister over widespread financial corruption, the Ukrainian government fired all deputy defense ministers without explanation. According to the Reuters news agency, the Ukrainian government has fired all 6 deputy defense ministers just weeks after appointing a new defense minister. "Rostam Umerov", the new Defense Minister of Ukraine, without mentioning the reason for the dismissal of the deputy defense ministers, posted a message on social networks: "We have started and will continue. "The Ministry of Defense continues to work as usual ." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced two weeks ago the decision to fire Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov, who spent 550 days of full-scale war, and replace him with Rostam Umerov, head of the Ukrainian Fund for Privatization.

Also , in an article about the new defense minister of Ukraine, the Turkish newspaper "Aidinlik" wrote that Rostam Umerov, the new defense minister of Ukraine, is the executor of American plans in the region and, moreover, is connected with "Fethullah Gulen" , the main cause of the 2016 coup in Turkey. According to this report, Omerov participated as a young man in the US State Department's "Future Leaders Exchange" program, and his brother Ruslan Omerov also studied at a boarding school in Crimea, which connections with Fethullah Gulen's organization. Previously, Ruslan Balbek, former deputy head of the State Council of Crimea, said: "Umarov was a student of Fethullah Gulen, the opposition leader in Turkey, who is currently hiding in America." Balbek further added: The most appropriate action for a country that cannot make decisions on its own is to introduce this defense minister.