Ukraine will get its first new prime minister of the war on Thursday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky tries to wrestle wartime defence spending into shape and win over both Donald Trump and a war-weary public with fresh-faced leadership, reported Reuters. Yulia Svyrydenko, 39, the only candidate for the post, is expected to take over a reshuffled cabinet, tasked with scaling up a fledgling arms industry and breathing life into an economy kept afloat by Western lenders.

Zelensky’s choice of a young economist well known in Washington reflects the importance of repairing relations with the Trump administration after Zelensky’s disastrous White House visit in February. Svyrydenko’s outgoing predecessor, Denys Shmyhal, is meanwhile likely to shift to the job of defence minister, a sign of the importance Kyiv now places in building up the capacity of its defence industry as the best chance of fending off Russia.

But with Zelensky still relying on a small handful of close allies to make his biggest reshuffle of the war, the moves could........

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