Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to sack the deputy prime minister for infrastructure and the farm minister, removing two senior officials who have held key portfolios for the wartime economy.
A majority of 272 lawmakers voted to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, who oversaw the reconstruction programme and championed efforts to set up a Black Sea shipping lane during a de-facto Russian blockade.
The exit of the 41-year-old comes amid plans to break up his powerful ministry into two separate portfolios, lawmakers said.
Kubrakov said on Facebook that his dismissal had not been discussed with him in advance of the vote and that he had not been given a chance to defend his tenure in a presentation to parliament.
Parliament also accepted the resignation of Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky who is being investigated for alleged involvement in an illegal acquisition of state-owned land. The 44-year-old denies the allegations.
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