Former heads of the Kyiv and Poltava regional administrations have been appointed to new positions.

This was reported by the government representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Taras Melnychuk.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed the former head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Mykola Pronin, as the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine.

The former head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Ruslan Kravchenko, has been appointed as the head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine.

On December 30, President Volodymyr Zelensky issued an order for the dismissal of the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Ruslan Kravchenko, and the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Mykola Pronin. The reasons for their dismissal were not specified in the orders. The names of candidates for the vacant positions are also currently unknown.

More about Kravchenko and Pronin

42-year-old Mykola Pronin was appointed as the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration in 2023. Prior to this, he held the position of deputy head of the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA).

His predecessor, Dmytro Lunyn, was dismissed amid a journalistic investigation into his connections with the Telegram channel "Trukha," which was publicly accused of spreading fake news, supporting Russian propaganda, and publishing videos or photos of the aftermath of Russian missile strikes.

34-year-old Ruslan Kravchenko was appointed to his position in the Kyiv Regional Military Administration in 2023. The previous head of the administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, was appointed as the deputy head of the President's Office.