Head of Ukraine’s State Property Fund expected to replace Defence Minister

Rustem Umerov, the current Head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, is expected to replace Oleksii Reznikov, the country’s Defence Minister, next month, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Thursday, citing a source. 

The Verkhovna Rada is expected to consider the resignation of the current defence minister next week, the agency said, with Reznikov allegedly sent to Great Britain as an Ambassador. 

Umerov has neither confirmed, nor denied the reports.