Politics
Ukraine's PM Svyrydenko resigns in Zelenskiy's latest reshuffle
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Ukraine's parliament accepted the resignation on Tuesday of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who stepped down after just a year in office at the request of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a reshuffle for which he has offered little explanation. The motion to accept the 40-year-old economist's resignation passed in parliament, although some lawmakers expressed unease about such an abrupt change.
Ukraine's parliament accepted the resignation on Tuesday of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who stepped down after just a year in office at the request of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a reshuffle for which he has offered little explanation. The motion to accept the 40-year-old economist's resignation passed in parliament, although some lawmakers expressed unease about such an abrupt change.