Zelenskyy fires aides in reshuffle, Russia launches air attack at Ukraine
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Top aide Serhiy Shefir was among those dismissed as well as three advisers and two presidential representatives.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers in a continuing reshuffle on Saturday, while Russia unleashed new attacks overnight.
Zelenskyy dismissed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he had served since 2019.
The Ukrainian president also let go of three advisers and two presidential representatives overseeing volunteer activities and soldiers’ rights.
No explanation was given immediately for the latest changes in a wide-reaching personnel shake-up over recent months.
It included the dismissal on Tuesday of Oleksii Danilov, who served as secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, and Valerii Zaluzhnyi as head of the armed forces on February 8.
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