Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attempted to reinvigorate his government Thursday as Russia’s onslaught continues across the country.
But domestic experts believe that Zelenskyy’s reshuffling of loyalists among powerful cabinet posts won’t bring about the necessary change, while merging ministries risks paralyzing the government’s work and overloading officials already exhausted by war.
Yulia Svyrydenko was made Ukraine’s new prime minister and Olga Stefanishyna got the plum role of U.S. ambassador (after Republican resistance in Washington helped push out her predecessor), while many of their colleagues were reassigned to new posts as the national parliament voted through the changes Thursday afternoon.
