Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy replaces PM and flags law enforcement overhaul

The brief

Yulia Svyrydenko stepped down on Sunday as Ukraine’s prime minister amid predictions she would become Kyiv’s ambassador to the US. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, said there would also be changes in the top ranks of law enforcement agencies. Reuters reported that well-informed opposition lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said Svyrydenko was likely to take up the post of ambassador to the US; while the new PM was most likely to be Serhiy Koretskyi, head of state energy company Naftogaz. Lawmakers said other possible successors included Svyrydenko’s predecessor, Denys Shmyhal, currently energy minister; or Mykhailo Fedorov, the defence minister. Zelenskyy said Ukraine was “changing its political strategy” and he had offered Svyrydenko…