Announcing the decision on X, Zelenskyy said Ukraine needs sharper focus on security, defence preparedness and negotiations as efforts continue to end the nearly four-year-long conflict.
Announcing the decision in a post on X, Zelenskyy said he had offered Budanov the role at a time when Ukraine requires heightened attention to national security and defence priorities.
The wife of Ukrainian military spy chief Kyrylo Budanov has been poisoned with heavy metals and is undergoing treatment, an Al Jazeera reported citing a Ukrainian official.