Ukraine’s Prime Minister resigns

STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
JULY 16 (STC): Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has announced his resignation on Tuesday (July 15, 2025). It’s expected to be a significant reshuffle of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, which could also see the country’s ambassador to Washington replaced, a cross section of media reported.
“I am tendering my resignation from the post of the Prime Minister of Ukraine,” Denys Shmyhal wrote in a letter posted on his Telegram page.
Mr. Zelenskyy said on Monday (July 14, 2025) that he has offered Mr. Shmyhal’s job to 39-year-old Yuliia Svyrydenko, who is currently Deputy Prime Minister and the country’s first female Economy Minister.
Ms. Svyrydenko played a key role in negotiating a U.S.–Ukraine mineral agreement. She has frequently represented Ukraine in high-level talks with Western partners, focusing on defense cooperation, economic recovery and reconstruction.

Reportedly, the Ukrainian Parliament must schedule a vote on Mr. Zelenskyy’s proposed changes amid the all-out war launched by Russia on Feb. 24, 2022.
Notably, U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Monday to supply more weapons for Ukraine, paid for by European countries. But Kyiv officials are keen to lock in Washington’s future support amid fears that the Republican administration could walk away from the conflict.
(Inputs from Agencies)