President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in an evening video message that he had convened the Headquarters to discuss the defense of Donbass and Luhansk, the South of the country, Odessa and the region.

" Constant attention to the supply of weapons, shells and everything that gives our soldiers strength and resilience,"

He also said that on February 13 he introduced the new leaders of the SBU and the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Vasily Malyuk and Igor Klymenko..

" He thanked them that from the first days of the war they were at war.

They already have significant results in protecting the state and they will definitely have even greater achievements in their positions"

Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers dismissed from their positions five deputy ministers of internal affairs, deputy head of the Ministry of Economy and deputy head of the State Agency for Tourism Development.

Read more about the new personnel, functional and state challenges for the system and the new Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko, appointed by the Verkhovna Rada today - read the article by Yevgeny Krapivin \?