Kyrylo Tymoshenko discussed with the management and members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine the work of business in the conditions of war and related challenges
30 November 2022 - 15:44
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko held a meeting with President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC) Andy Hunder and ACC Vice President Tetyana Prokopchuk.
The representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce companies joined the meeting in the format of a video conference. The participants discussed a number of issues that concern the business community today.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko noted that in the conditions of a full-scale war, the state leadership remains open to dialogue with business. According to him, in these difficult times, business activity is particularly important for the country's economy, so the government is ready to promptly respond to the requests of entrepreneurs..."
Deputy Head of President's Office fired from his position
Quote from the decree: "To fire Tymoshenko Kyrylo Vladlenovych, from the position of Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, according to the submitted application."
Details: Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda’s sources reported that Tymoshenko had written a letter of resignation. As the UP’s sources said, the President’s Office is planning to appoint Oleksii Kuleba, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, instead of Tymoshenko.
Moreover, the sources have stated that the heads of the military administrations of Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts will resign as well. . ."
Cabinet of Ministers to change head of Ukrainian Defence Industry
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved Herman Smetanin as the new head of the Ukroboronprom state concern [or Ukrainian Defence Industry; an association of multi-product businesses in various sectors of the defence industry of Ukraine – ed.].
- This decision will be made public on 26 June, and it will enter into force on 28 June.
Source: Ekonomichna Pravda
Details: According to Ekonomichna Pravda, the cabinet approved Smetanin as the new head of Ukroboronprom on Saturday 24 June. This decision will be made public on 26 June, and it will enter into force on 28 June.
- Smetanin, who is 31, is the Head of the Kharkiv Malyshev Factory.
After finishing university, Smetanin got a job at the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau. After that, the design engineer worked for several years at the Lviv Armoured Plant, then as the production director at the Malyshev Factory, and after that, at the age of 28, he became the director of the Kharkiv Armoured Plant, and after a short time, he became the general director of one of the industrial giants, the Malyshev factory.
- to increase the production of all weapons,
- to cleanse the industry of corruption and
- to complete the reform of the defence industry.
As of now, the maintenance of the concern itself, excluding production, costs UAH 450 million [approx. USD$12,200,000 - ed.] per year. Smetanin will be tasked with reducing these costs, and accordingly, the staff of the management structure, by at least 20%.
According to Ekonomichna Pravda’s sources, the current head of the Ukroboronprom, Yurii Husev, failed the missile programme: "According to the UP, according to the new plans, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was promised, for example, that in May 2023 Ukrainian Sapsan missiles [export name Hrim-2 - ed.] would massively destroy the Russian military infrastructure deep in the territory of the Russian Federation."
Quote: "Husev was not just a supervisor as the head of the concern, but a direct coordinator in the missile programme. It’s a mess. There is also a ‘drone that can fly 1000 kilometres’, but no one knows where it is and who is producing it. And the president is asking: ‘Where are the missiles? Where are the drones?’"
Previously: On the morning of 24 January 2023, Kyrylo Tymoshenko confirmed that he left his position in the President’s Office and posted the relevant document.
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