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Kiev: The Ukrainian parliament appointed ex-Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksii Reznikov to the post of the defence minister at the president’s suggestion on Thursday.
The decision was supported by 273 lawmakers with the required minimum of 226 votes.
On Wednesday, the parliament dismissed Reznikov from the post of deputy prime minister that he held since March 2020. Reznikov also represents Kiev in the political subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas.
