🔴 Ukraine approves Sergiy Koretsky as new PM amid protests over cabinet reshuffle

Ukraine's parliament on Thursday approved the appointment of Naftogaz boss Sergiy Koretsky as the new prime minister, part a government reshuffle ordered by President Volodymyr Zelensky. CEO of Ukraine's national oil and gas Naftogaz company Sergiy Koretsky speaks during an interview with AFP in Kyiv on December 3, 2025. © Andrii Kalchenko, AFP The sweeping shake-up to Ukraine's top political team triggered large protests in several cities on Thursday, which focused on the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. AFP reporters in Kyiv saw more than a thousand people gathered on a central square, singing the Ukrainian national anthem, waving Ukrainian and EU flags and chanting "shame" and "bring Fedorov back". To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisem