The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, turned 45 today in the midst of a serious government crisis that has forced him to remodel part of his administration, but with the expected gift from the allied countries of the shipment of ‘Leopard’ tanks that kyiv considers essential to win the war.
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The Ukrainian president was forced on Tuesday to dismiss six government officials and authorize the dismissal of five regional governors, in what was the biggest shakeup of his administration since the Russian invasion began.
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That government shakeup took place after a series of corruption investigations into alleged embezzlement among various top officials. And it came as kyiv was trying to convince its allies to supply it with more weapons, specifically German-made “Leopard 2” tanks, and at the same time present itself as a country free of corruption.
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The German authorization has arrived precisely this Wednesday after much speculation when the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, confirmed the shipment to “support Ukraine as best we can”.
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.
And it is probable that the United States will also announce today that it will send units of its Abrams tanks to Ukraine, something that several US media already announced on Tuesday, although the authorities in Washington have not yet confirmed it.
While the Ukrainian president awaits the new arms package, He has received the congratulations of his wife Olena Zelenska, his partner for 19 years.
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“I’m often asked how you’ve changed this year. And I always say: ‘He hasn’t changed. He’s the same. The same guy I knew when we were seventeen,'” the first lady wrote on her Instagram page, accompanying a caption. photo of both together
“But something has changed: now you smile much less. For example, like in this photo… I wish you (that you have) more reasons to smile. And you know what it takes. We all know it,” he wrote.
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Zelenska added that her husband has “enough stubbornness” and that the main thing now is to keep him “healthy enough”.
“So stay healthy, please! I always want to smile with you. Give me this chance!” wrote the Ukrainian first lady, who will also turn 45 on February 6, just a few days before the first year is over. of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.
EFE
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