06-09-2023, 08:15 PM
Ukraine parliament approves Umerov as new defence minister. Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday. President Zelensky’s nomination of Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, as Kyiv’s new defence minister after resignation of Oleksiy Reznikov. “Parliament approved Rustem Umerov as the Defence Minister of Ukraine.” He posted a photograph of the voting board, showing 338 out of 360 lawmakers voted in favour of Umerov’s nomination.