Zelenskyy dismisses a number of ambassadors, including representative to UN Kyslytsia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a number of ambassadors and appointed five more on the morning of 21 December. Source: Zelenskyy's decrees  Details: In particular, Zelensky dismissed:

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  • Andrii Pravednyk from the post of Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda;
  • Andrii Taran from the post of Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia;
  • Petr Beshta from the post of Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania;
  • Serhii Korsunskyi from the post of Ambassador to Japan;
  • Vasyl Hamianin as Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia and Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations;
  • Pavlo Riabikin from the post of Ambassador to the People's Republic of China;
  • Yevheniia Filipenko from the post of Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva; 
  • Serhii Kyslytsia from the positions of Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and to Trinidad and Tobago.

However, Zelenskyy also made a series of appointments, too.

The following people were assigned new positions:

  • Yuliia Fediv as Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines;
  • Viacheslav Yatsiuk as Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda;
  • Olha Nikitchenko as Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania;
  • Fedir Shandor as Ambassador to Hungary;
  • Petr Beshta as Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia.

Background: The day before, Zelenskyy approved the appointment of more than 30 Ukrainian ambassadors abroad.

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