The government in Ukraine is being renewed.
Medianews.az reports that Yulia Sviridenko, who has been prime minister since July 17, 2025, resigned last Sunday, and this issue should be formalized at the parliament – the Verkhovna Rada's session on July 14.
According to the country's constitution, the government is formed by the parliament. The president nominates the candidates for prime minister, foreign affairs, and defense ministers, while the prime minister proposes candidates for the remaining government members.
The appointment of Sergey Koretski as prime minister is expected.
Sergey Koretski, born in 1978, studied first automotive and automotive economy at Lutsk State Technical University, then economics, and also specialized in oil and gas production at Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University.
From 1997 to 2018, he held responsible positions at the "Kontinium" fuel holding, including serving as the general director. Since 2018, Sergey Koretski has led various business projects; in 2022, he was appointed director of "Ukrnafta" and "Ukrtatnafta" enterprises, and in 2025, he was elected head of the "Naftogaz" company.
It has been impossible to hold elections in Ukraine for six years.
In 2019, the first round of the presidential election took place on March 31, with Vladimir Zelensky winning the second round on April 21; the Verkhovna Rada was elected on July 21. Local elections were scheduled for October 25, 2020.
The parliamentary election set for October 29, 2023, the presidential election scheduled for March 31, 2024, and local elections planned for October 26, 2025, have all been postponed.
In the Verkhovna Rada, the Servant of the People Party, loyal to Vladimir Zelensky, and its allies hold a majority.
In February 2014, immediately after the power change in Ukraine through a popular uprising, Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula and on March 18 annexed the region under the names of the Crimean Republic and the city of Sevastopol, also capturing parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and establishing occupying regimes. On February 21, 2022, Russia recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk regimes as "independent states," and from February 24, launched full-scale military operations in Ukraine; on September 29, it recognized the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions as "sovereign and independent" entities, and on October 5 announced the annexation of these regions together with Donetsk and Luhansk to itself.
Toğrul Ali,
Medianews.az