Diplomatic reshuffles: Zelensky dismissed Melnyk from the post of ambassador to Germany.
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KYIV. UkraineGate. 9 . July . 2022 | Political News.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, dismissed Andrii Melnyk from the post of ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany .
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“Release Andrii Yaroslavovych Melnyk from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Germany,” reads decree No. 479/2022.
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In addition, Zelensky dismissed a number of ambassadors:
Lyubov Nepop from the post of ambassador to Hungary;
Vyacheslav Yatsyuk from the post of ambassador to Norway;
Yevgena Perebijnos from the post of ambassador to the Czech Republic;
Igor Polihu, who was ambassador to a number of countries – India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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It was expected that the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, may leave his post and become the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba.
Melnyk is known for his sharp criticism of the Berlin authorities for delaying the supply of weapons to Ukraine, as well as his protection of Stepan Bandera, who is recognized as a national hero of Ukraine.
In one of the last interviews with the German mass media, the ambassador called the ban by the German authorities on Ukrainian symbols in Berlin on May 8-9 a “slap to Ukraine”.
Earlier, Melnyk accused the President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier of excessive closeness to Russia against the background of the war in Ukraine. In an interview with the German publication Der Tagesspiegel, he accused the politician of “a web of contacts” with a terrorist country.
Source: Ukrgate
