FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk attends a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fired national security council secretary Oleksandr Danyliuk, according to a decree published on the president’s official website.
Danyliuk offered to quit before Zelenskiy began a visit to the United States last week, the president’s office said on Friday.
Reporting by Polina Devitt, writing by Maria Tsvetkova, Editing by Catherine Evans
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