Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns As President Zelensky Announced Key Reshuffles.

Kyiv; July 2026: Today (Monday – 13th July 2026; IST) Yulia Svyrydenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine has resigned, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to Ukraine’s government, saying he had offered a new and important position to the former premier.

Earlier, in July 2025 (a year ago) Svyrydenko, was named Prime Minister at the age of 39, after successfully serving as the Ukraine’s Economy Minister, and is considered to be the pivotal person in securing a mineral agreement between Ukraine and the United States, seen as an important way of tying US interests to Ukraine’s security.

In a statement on social media, Svyrydenko said she was “proud to have had the honour of leading the government during one of the most difficult periods in Ukraine’s modern history”, also stating that she had discussed “next steps” with Zelenskyy, but did not provide further details. “I remain ready to serve the Ukrainian state and carry out every task aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s position, defending our national interests and bringing a just peace closer”, she said.

Zelenskyy, who has remained in office under martial law because wartime elections are prohibited, has periodically reshuffled his government in an effort to bring fresh momentum to his administration. The Ukrainian President while accepting her resignation in a post has said that Ukraine was “changing its political strategy”. He also said he had offered Svyrydenko the opportunity to lead “a new, important area” in Ukraine’s relations with a key international partner.

“Each priority area of foreign policy will be assigned to a specific person with substantial experience who is capable of implementing what we agree on at the leaders’ level and what the Ukrainian people expect”, Zelenskyy said, describing the impending reshuffle. The Ukrainian President has further asserted that there would be changes among the top ranks of Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies.

Zelenskyy met with a series of senior officials following the announcement, including Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. The overhaul, which Zelenskyy has yet to explain in detail, would be the fourth major reorganisation of his government since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

In the meantime, Ukraine continues its strikes against Russian oil sites; elsewhere, a Ukrainian attack in southwest Russia killed 01 person and wounded 03 more, local officials said yesterday (Sunday, 12th July) as Ukrainian forces continued to bombard Russia’s oil facilities.

The head of Russia’s Samara region, Gov. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, said that a child was among the injured. He also said that residential homes and apartment buildings were damaged in the strike, as well as an unspecified ‘industrial site’.

Russian official sources have announced that the attack’s target was the region’s Syzran Oil Refinery, with many sharing images that appeared to show plumes of black smoke rising over the site. The refinery, which is owned by oil and gas giant Rosneft and sits some 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of the border, has been a repeated target for Kyiv’s forces.

Meanwhile the governor of Russia’s Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, said that a tanker had been damaged in a drone attack in the Azov-Black Sea maritime canal. The tanker was empty and there is no threat of an oil spill.

Ukraine’s drone strikes on oil refineries and other infrastructure across Russia have triggered a widespread fuel crisis with gasoline shortages and rationing in multiple regions and motorists waiting for hours to fill their tanks. Moscow has responded by intensifying its bombardment on Kyiv and other cities, exposing Ukraine’s vulnerability to ballistic missile strikes.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure as part of Kyiv’s campaign of “long-range sanctions” carried out in response to Moscow’s refusal to halt its four-year invasion of its neighbour.

Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said yesterday late evening IST – that it had attacked the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk in Ukraine’s Odesa region. Ukrainian officials have not yet commented on the claims.

Team Maverick.