Zelensky Announces Reshuffling of Cabinet as Foreign Minister and Several Others Resign

Everyone said invading Russia was a good idea.

But it turns out it was a really bad idea.

The Guardian:

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has resigned as part of a wide-ranging government reshuffle designed to give what Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called “new strength” to the embattled country.

Speaking in a video address on Tuesday evening, Zelenskiy said he was refreshing his team in anticipation of “an extremely important autumn”. He promised “a slightly different emphasis” in foreign and domestic policy.

There was speculation that Andriy Sybiha, the deputy head of the office of the president of Ukraine, was likely to replace Kuleba. Sybiha is a veteran diplomat who has served as ambassador to Turkey and at Ukraine’s embassy in Poland. He works under Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelenskiy’s office.

Several ministers in Kyiv have already submitted letters of resignation, and a presidential aide has been dismissed. It is the biggest shake-up of senior officials since the beginning of Russia’s 2022 invasion, and had been expected for months.

The reshuffle has been portrayed as a political “reset” engineered by Zelenskiy and his close circle before winter, which is expected to bring electricity shortages after Russian strikes on critical infrastructure and difficult news from the front.

It’s pretty funny.

There aren’t going to be any people left to staff the government with.

Sad.