{"id":7889,"date":"2026-07-15T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/zelenskyy-backs-state-energy-company-chief-koretskyi-for-new-ukraine-pm\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:36:07","slug":"zelenskyy-backs-state-energy-company-chief-koretskyi-for-new-ukraine-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/zelenskyy-backs-state-energy-company-chief-koretskyi-for-new-ukraine-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy backs state energy company chief Koretskyi for new Ukraine PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Ukraine\u2019s parliament is expected to vote for the next prime minister on Thursday.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Sergii Koretskyi, the head of Ukraine\u2019s state energy company Naftogaz, is the best candidate to serve as the next prime minister as the country undergoes its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/7\/18\/ukraine-appoints-new-prime-minister-in-major-government-reshuffle\">second cabinet reshuffle<\/a> in a year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe priorities are clear \u2013 preparing for winter,\u201d Zelenskyy said on Wednesday as Kyiv braces for another season of expected Russian strikes on Ukraine\u2019s energy grid. \u201cTherefore, following \u2060all the consultations, Sergii Koretskyi is surely the \u2060most prepared candidate for the post of prime minister of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/12\/nine-dead-as-russia-and-ukraine-trade-drone-and-missile-salvos\">Nine dead as Russia and Ukraine trade drone and missile salvos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/13\/eu-sanctions-nine-people-over-alleged-russian-cyber-spying-campaign\">EU sanctions nine people over alleged Russian cyber-spying campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/13\/ukraine-and-allies-launch-coalition-to-tackle-russias-ballistic-missiles\">Kyiv attacked after Ukraine launches coalition to tackle Russia missiles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>If selected by parliament, which is responsible for naming the prime minister, Koretskyi would succeed Yulia Svyrydenko, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/12\/ukraines-zelenskyy-announces-cabinet-reshuffle-replaces-pm-svyrydenko\">whom Zelenskyy pushed out<\/a> after just a year on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament accepted Svyrydenko\u2019s resignation as prime minister \u2060on Tuesday and is expected to vote on her replacement on Thursday. The chamber is likely to go with Zelenskyy\u2019s preferred candidate because his party controls a majority of the seats in parliament.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"new-political-strategy\">New \u2018political strategy\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>A prime minister\u2019s resignation automatically triggers the resignation of the entire cabinet, meaning a wider shake-up is expected.<\/p>\n<p>Particular attention has \u2060turned to the fate of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at a time when the tide on \u2060the battlefield has been shifting in Ukraine\u2019s \u2060favour as it presses a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/15\/russian-attack-on-odesa-kills-three-as-ukraine-targets-vessels-in-black-sea\">campaign of long-range drone attacks<\/a> on Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Fedorov, 35, is a promoter of technological innovations who comes from outside the Ministry of Defence establishment and took charge \u200cthere six months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Fedorov would retain his post as defence minister in the new cabinet, Zelenskyy said he would meet Fedorov \u200cand \u200cthe army leadership on Wednesday before a planned meeting with lawmakers from the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy has offered little explanation for the latest shake-up, saying only that Ukraine is pursuing a new \u201cpolitical strategy\u201d that requires new appointments, including in government and law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>He said the new political strategy would focus on key foreign policy priorities, including agreements to manufacture Patriot air defence systems under licence, advancing Ukraine\u2019s bid for European Union membership and deepening ties with the Gulf region, which he described as one of the world\u2019s \u201cmost promising\u201d areas for security and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s parliament is expected to vote for the next prime minister on Thursday.\u00a0 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Sergii Koretskyi, the head of Ukraine\u2019s state energy company Naftogaz, is the best candidate to serve as the next prime minister as the country undergoes its second cabinet reshuffle in a year. \u201cThe priorities are clear \u2013 preparing &#8230; <a title=\"Zelenskyy backs state energy company chief Koretskyi for new Ukraine PM\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/zelenskyy-backs-state-energy-company-chief-koretskyi-for-new-ukraine-pm\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Zelenskyy backs state energy company chief Koretskyi for new Ukraine PM\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}