{"id":2020940,"date":"2023-09-03T16:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-zelensky-says-hell-replace-defense-minister-oleksii-reznikov\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T16:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:40:09","slug":"ukraines-zelensky-says-hell-replace-defense-minister-oleksii-reznikov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-zelensky-says-hell-replace-defense-minister-oleksii-reznikov\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky to replace Defense Minister Reznikov in Ukraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraines-zelensky-says-hell-replace-defense-minister-oleksii-reznikov%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ukrainian President Seeks New Defense Minister<\/h2>\n<p>In a bold move,\u2062 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced his \u2062intention to replace Defense\u2062 Minister Oleksii Reznikov. This decision marks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/editor-daily-rundown-us-drones-zawahiri-on-his-taliban-protected-balcony-in-downtown-kabul\/\" title=\"Editor Daily Rundown: US Drones Zawahiri On His Taliban-Protected Balcony In Downtown Kabul\">significant shake-<\/a>up in the country&#8217;s defense leadership since the invasion by Russia over a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky \u2063made the\u2062 announcement during his nightly address on Sunday, emphasizing the need\u2063 for new approaches and improved interaction between the\u2063 military, society, and the ministry as a whole.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve decided to replace the Minister of Defense of Ukraine.\u200c Oleksii Reznikov has been through more than 550 days of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quincy-institute-fellow-worries-israeli-lobby-will-scuttle-new-iran-deal\/\" title=\"Quincy Institute Fellow Worries \u2018Israeli Lobby\u2019 Will Scuttle New Iran Deal\">full-scale war<\/a>,&#8221; Zelensky stated. \u2062 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reznikov, who \u2064has been \u200cin office since November 2021, has played a crucial role \u200cin securing billions\u200c of dollars in Western\u200c military aid for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prager-trip-to-vietnam-reconfirmed-my-hatred-of-communism\/\" title=\"PRAGER: Trip To Vietnam Reconfirmed My Hatred Of Communism\">war effort<\/a>. However, he has also faced \u2063allegations\u2063 of corruption, which he has vehemently denied.<\/p>\n<p>As Ukraine prepares\u2063 for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-zelensky-says-hell-replace-defense-minister-oleksii-reznikov\/\" title=\"Zelensky to replace Defense Minister Reznikov in Ukraine.\">highly anticipated\u200b counteroffensive<\/a>, it remains \u2062uncertain whether the lack of significant progress influenced Zelensky&#8217;s decision to replace Reznikov. Russian forces continue to occupy\u200b the southern and eastern regions \u2062of Ukraine, fortifying \u200btheir positions\u200b with land mines to impede\u200b any \u2063attempts to reclaim lost\u200b territory.<\/p>\n<h3>A New Leader\u200b Emerges<\/h3>\n<p>Zelensky \u200bhas chosen Rustem Umerov as the potential \u2062successor to Reznikov. Umerov, a former lawmaker, has been heading Ukraine&#8217;s State Property Fund since September 2022. If \u200dapproved by the parliament,\u2063 Umerov\u200d will\u2063 assume the crucial role of Defense Minister.<\/p>\n<p>With \u200dthis bold move, Zelensky aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-marines-both-lack-confirmed-leaders-for-the-first-time-amid-impasse-over-pentagons-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"Army and Marines lack confirmed leaders due to Pentagon's abortion policy impasse.\">bring fresh\u200d perspectives<\/a> and\u200d strategies to the defense ministry, ensuring a stronger and more effective response to the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Zelensky plans to request parliament to remove Defense Minister Reznikov and appoint Umerov as his replacement. This move, announced during his Sunday address, marks a significant change in Ukraine&#8217;s defense leadership since Russia&#8217;s invasion over a year ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2020941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}