The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Sviridenko, presented her resignation this Sunday as part of a new "political strategy" promoted by President Volodymyr Zelensky, which will include a profound restructuring of the Council of Ministers and the leadership of the country's main security agencies.
Zelensky has justified this political shift by Ukraine's current situation, on the eve of the fifth winter of war against Russia and amid the deployment of recent military agreements reached with Europe and the United States, which has led to the definition of a new "strategy" for this phase of the conflict.
"Each priority area of foreign policy will be assigned to a specific person with extensive experience, capable of implementing the agreements reached at the leaders' level and the expectations of the Ukrainian people," Zelensky explained in a message broadcast on social media, in which he has not yet indicated who will replace Sviridenko, the second woman to head the Ukrainian government after Yulia Tymoshenko.
"Consequently, personnel changes will be initiated in Ukraine to ensure the implementation of this updated political strategy," added the leader, before specifying that "these changes require a renewal of the Cabinet of Ministers" and "among the heads of law enforcement agencies."
In a farewell statement, Sviridenko expressed her gratitude to Zelensky for the trust placed in her during her brief tenure at the head of the Executive, a responsibility she assumed in July 2025. "I am proud to have had the honor of leading the government during one of the most difficult periods in modern Ukrainian history," stated the now former prime minister.
"I will remain willing to serve the Ukrainian state and carry out all tasks aimed at strengthening Ukraine's position, defending our national interests, and moving closer to a just peace," she said, without offering clues about her next steps. For now, only the conjecture of opposition deputy Yaroslav Zhelezniak is circulating, who considers it possible that Sviridenko will soon be appointed ambassador to the United States.
Regarding the succession, sources cited by Bloomberg and familiar with the process place the chief executive officer of the state company Naftogaz, Sergii Koretski, and former Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal, the current head of the Energy portfolio, as the main contenders for the position.