Yulia Svyrydenko

Yulia Svyrydenko resigned as Ukraine's Prime Minister in mid-July 2026, opening a wider cabinet reshuffle that culminated in the dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and days of street protests in eight cities. Parliament sat to vote on a new government on 16 July.

As Prime Minister, Svyrydenko headed Ukraine's civilian government through a war economy squeezed by sanctions, energy strikes and a shrinking National Wellbeing Fund. Her resignation fell in the same window as Zelenskyy's decision to remove Fedorov, tying the two departures together in public reporting, though officials have not stated the resignations shared a single cause.

The reshuffle exposed strain inside Ukraine's wartime leadership beyond the cabinet itself: Zelenskyy publicly acknowledged unresolved battlefield, brigade and mobilisation problems days after Svyrydenko's departure, an unusual admission that suggested the changes were about more than routine cabinet management.