Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday proposed First Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov as his nation’s new defence minister, changing Denys Shmyhal. Earlier, Zelensky appointed Kyrylo Budanov, the top of army intelligence, as his new chief of workers after his earlier high aide resigned in November over a corruption scandal. The reshuffle comes as authorities ordered the evacuation of greater than 3,000 kids and their mother and father from 44 frontline settlements within the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk areas amid advancing Russian forces. Read our liveblog to see how the day’s occasions unfolded.
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