Zelensky changes NSDC composition
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made changes to the composition of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).
The decree to that effect, No. 80/2020, has been published on the website of the head of state.

The president, in particular, included Acting Director of the State Bureau of Investigation Iryna Venediktova, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Defense Minister Andriy Taran, Finance Minister Ihor Umansky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Vadym Prystaiko in the personnel composition of the National Security and Defense Council.

By the same decree, the head of state withdrew ex-Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, former Defense Minister Andriy Zahorodniuk, ex-Finance Minister Oksana Markarova and former Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka from the NSDC composition.

The decree comes into force on the day of its publication.

As reported, on March 4, the Verkhovna Rada approved a new Cabinet of Ministers headed by Denys Shmyhal.

On March 5, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a no-confidence motion against Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Riaboshapka.