Former first deputy prime minister and economy minister Yulia Sviridenko has replaced Denis Shmigal Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has confirmed Yulia Sviridenko as the country’s new prime minister, replacing Denis Shmigal. Sviridenko has served as Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister and economy minister since November of 2021. Sviridenko has become the second woman in Ukraine’s history to head the government. Prior to the escalation in the Ukraine conflict in 2022, she