I had no plans to replace Intelligence Chief Budanov and Defence Minister Umierov – Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that he did not intend to dismiss Defence Minister Rustem Umierov and Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. Source: Zelenskyy in a comment to journalists, as quoted by Interfax-Ukraine Quote: "I was not going to do this.

I was not going to replace Budanov.

Such information was circulating online, yes.

There was no such question about Umierov either."

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