Ukraine’s foreign minister heads for exit as Zelenskyy launches major shake-up

KYIV — Ukraine’s outspoken Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba submitted his resignation on Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy started a reshuffle of his top team.
“Parliament will consider his resignation during one of the upcoming meetings,” said Ruslan Stefanchuk, speaker of the Ukrainian parliament.
Kuleba is the latest — and most senior — in a series of Ukrainian wartime ministers and top officials who have filed for resignation since yesterday evening.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister on European Integration Olga Stefanishyna, Justice Minister Denys Malyuska, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ecology Minister Ruslan Strilets and State Property Fund Head Vasyl Koval all filed their resignations in the last 24 hours.
They did not publicly explain their decisions, but Zelenskyy announced Tuesday night that a government reshuffle was coming.
“Autumn will be extremely important for Ukraine. And our state institutions must be set up in such a way that Ukraine will achieve all the results we need — for all of us. To do this, we need to strengthen some areas in the Government — and personnel decisions have been prepared. There will also be changes in the president’s office,” Zelenskyy said in an evening statement.
David Arakhamia, head of Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party in the Ukrainian parliament, added, “As promised, a major reboot of the government can already be expected this week. More than 50 percent of the staff of the Cabinet of Ministers will change.”
Today will be a day of firings and tomorrow a day of appointments, Arakhamia added. 
This story has been updated.