Zelenskyy: Defence minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week

“I believe that the Ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society at large," he said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is replacing his defence minister (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP/PA)

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that defence minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar politician.

“I have decided to replace the Minister of Defence of Ukraine,” he said on his official Telegram account.