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Zelensky Adds Soboliev To Economic Team, Tasks Set With Budanov

Zelensky Adds Soboliev To Economic Team, Tasks Set With Budanov

Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's military intelligence, helped define the assignment: broaden support for producers across every level of the economy.

  • Oleksiy Soboliev joins the Office of the President's economic track, Zelensky said Friday, July 17.
  • Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukraine's HUR military intelligence agency, co-defined Soboliev's task list.
  • Zelensky named the priority: support for producers at every level of the economy.

Why it matters: When a spy chief co-writes economic tasks, the chain of command, not the ministry chart, runs the economy.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, official Telegram channel ↗ · Jul 17, 20267/17/26