Defense Minister Shmyhal presented his team of six deputies

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has updated the composition of the Ministry of Defence, appointing new deputies to Minister Denys Shmyhal.

New appointments:

• Lieutenant General Ivan Havrylyuk – First Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine

He has significant experience in serving in leadership positions in the military command bodies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Previously, he was an advisor to the Commander of the Logistics Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and head of the Main Logistics Department, as well as deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In April-August 2022, he was the head of the working group from Ukraine in the Coordination Headquarters for Assistance to Ukraine in Germany.

From October 2023 to May 2024, he was the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, and later, until April 2025, the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine.

• Serhiy Boev – Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine

He has significant experience in the fields of economics, strategic planning, industry, and security.

He began his career as an analyst at international financial institutions JPMorgan Chase & Co and Credit Suisse in the UK. After returning to Ukraine, he worked at Boston Consulting Group Ukraine, as well as in management positions at JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannya and NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, where he was responsible for strategy, development and analytics.

Since 2023, he held the positions of Advisor and later Deputy Minister for European Integration at the Ministry of Strategic Industries.

In October 2024, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defence for European Integration, and in April 2025, First Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine.

• Anna Hvozdiar – Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine

Volunteer and public activist. Since 2014, she has been involved in initiatives related to providing support to the army, issues of Ukrainian prisoners of war, and families of fallen soldiers.

From 2015 to 2016, she worked as an advisor to the head of the Luhansk Regional Administrative District.

From 2020 to 2023, she held the position of director of the Serhiy Prytula Charitable Foundation.

Since September 2023, she has worked as Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine. She has deep expertise in the field of defense production, innovation, and scaling of the defense industry.

• Colonel Volodymyr Zaverukha – Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine

Has 22 years of experience in military service and work in the defense sector.

He began his service in 2006 in the engineering troops. In 2017–2020, he served in the Department of Environmental Safety and Mine Action. From 2020 to 2025, he held a number of senior positions in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in particular, Deputy Director of the Department of Military-Technical Policy, Development of Armaments and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine - Head of the Department of Development of Armaments and Military Equipment.

In May 2025, he was appointed First Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine.

• Major Yuriy Myronenko – Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine

He has experience managing large holdings and deep expertise in the field of drone technologies.

During the full-scale invasion, he defended Kyiv as part of the 112th Brigade of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. From March 2023 to December 2023, he was the commander of the UAV unit of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection, and participated in battles in Southern Ukraine.

Awarded the badges of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Silver Cross" and "Steel Cross".

In 2023–2024, he headed the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection. During his year in office, he achieved significant progress in the technological support of the Security and Defense Forces - together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, a transparent UAV procurement system was launched, which provided the army with over 1 million drones.

From December 2024 to February 2025, he worked as Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

In February 2025, he headed the Center for Innovation and Development of Defense Technologies of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, where he coordinated the implementation of the DELTA combat system.

• Oksana Ferchuk – Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization

She worked as an advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine in 2022, focusing on the digitalization of logistics processes. She coordinated the implementation of the LOGFAS system, to which Ukraine received full access in 2022, and the launch of the international cooperation platform Korovai.

She coordinated the implementation of the medical information system (MIS AFU) in the Medical Forces Command.

Coordinated the implementation of the logistics management system (SAP), in particular, the automation of the processes of supplying logistics (material assets, fuel and ammunition), supplying weapons (ground weapons systems, UAVs, electronic warfare), communications assets, medical supplies, and the automation of contract work.

Before the full-scale aggression, she was a top manager of well-known Ukrainian logistics and product services, in particular, the director of the Nova Poshta group of companies, the electronic public procurement platform (Prozorro reform), and the electronic document management service Vchasno.

By the way, earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the Ministry of Strategic Industry and Industry is being merged with the Ministry of Defense. According to him, the Ministry of Defense will be responsible not only for the military sphere, but will also manage strategic industries.