The Verkhovna Rada has supported the resignation of Andriy Taran from the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine at his request.
Some 341 MPs voted for the corresponding decision at a plenary session on Nov. 3. Taran has served as Minister of Defense since March 4, 2020.
As reported, head of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia said that Andriy Taran “has complaints about the state of health,” in connection with which the ministry may be headed by another person.
Later it became known that Oleksiy Reznikov is a possible candidate for the appointment as the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, and for the post of Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories (instead of Reznikov) the candidacy of MP from the Servant of the People Iryna Vereshchuk is being considered.
On Nov. 1, Reznikov submitted his resignation letter from the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine. Taran submitted his resignation letter on Nov. 2.
