Zelenskyy says he asked deputy PM Svyrydenko to be prime minister'We ... discussed concrete measures to boost Ukraine's economic potential, expand support programs for Ukrainians, and scale up our domestic weapons production,' he wrote on X.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that he asked First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko at a meeting in Kyiv to become prime minister.
"We ... discussed concrete measures to boost Ukraine's economic potential, expand support programs for Ukrainians, and scale up our domestic weapons production," he wrote on X.
"In pursuit of this goal, we are initiating a transformation of the executive branch in Ukraine," he said, adding that he had proposed that Svyrydenko lead the government and "significantly renew its work".