The Ukrainian parliament appoints Kolitsky as prime minister.

According to the Ukrainian International News Agency on the 16th, the Ukrainian parliament appointed Sergei Kolecki, chairman of the board of the National Oil and Gas Company of Ukraine, as the prime minister. The report said that at the parliament meeting held on the 16th, 289 members voted to support the nomination of Kolecki by Ukrainian President Zelensky as prime minister, who will replace the resigned Sviridchenko.