Ukraine has dismissed more than a dozen senior officials including in the biggest shake-up of its wartime leadership since Russia's invasion last year.
Meanwhile, Poland formally requests permission from Germany to send German-made tanks to UkraineIn this undated photo, Deputy Defence Minister of Ukraine Viacheslav Shapovalov poses for a photo in Kyiv, Ukraine. Shapovalov has resigned following what his ministry called untrue media reports of corruption.
Separately on Tuesday, a long-awaited decision on whether allies could send German-made heavy tanks to Ukraine finally confronted Berlin, after Poland said it had formally sent its request to the German government.Among Ukrainian officials who resigned or were dismissed on Tuesday were the governors of the Kyiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
"There are already personnel decisions — some today, some tomorrow — regarding officials at various levels in ministries and other central government structures, as well as in the regions and in law enforcement," Zelenskyy said in an overnight video address. A Ukrainian soldier looks out of an APC during combat training in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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