"Landings will be": the Zelensky team promised to punish those responsible for the surrender of the Crimea

Ivan Aparshin, Zelensky's likely candidate for the post of defense minister, spoke about the plans of the new government in the defense sphere. Among them - the refusal of conscription and disclosure of the truth about the events in the Crimea and the Donbas in 2014, writes RBC.

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Member of the team of Vladimir Zelensky and a former employee of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Aparshin published an article in his blog on the Observer website. In it, he spoke about the plans of the new authorities in the defense sphere.

Aparshin stressed that the new authorities intend to disclose all information about the events of 2014 of the year, including the beginning of the war in the Donbas and the withdrawal of the Crimea from the country. "The truth about Ilovaisk relatively Debaltseve and the beginning of the war in 2014 year regarding the seizure of the Crimea will be made public. And the maximum brought to its logical conclusion. In the near future, people will find out the truth. No one is going to hide anything from anyone, ”Aparshin wrote.

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He stressed that all those responsible for the crisis will be punished. “Officials who took decisions or were inactive where it was necessary to act would be brought to justice,” he wrote.

Ivan Aparshin. Photo: YouTube video frame /TSN

Aparshin also promised to punish participants in corruption schemes with the supply of fuel and lubricants to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to maximize the openness of data on state defense orders and reform Ukroboronprom.

“The state concern Ukroboronprom will be reformed. No one will make money from blood anymore. He will be deprived of powers to formulate military-technical policy, and a central state executive body will be created, which will be responsible for the formation and implementation of military-industrial policy,” Aparshin said. Another innovation should be the abandonment of forced conscription with the simultaneous formation of a voluntary and professional army.

Ivan Aparshin began his military career in the Soviet army, having received an education in the Kiev Higher Combined-Arms Command School and the Military Academy. Frunze. From 1977 to 2000, he served in the army in officers' positions, and from 2001 to 2005, he worked as a legal adviser. In 2005, Aparshin returned to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine as an adviser to the head of department and later worked in several departments. From 2011 to 2014, he served as Deputy Director of the Department of Professional Examination and Head of the Directorate of Expertise in the Field of Security and Defense of the Cabinet Secretariat of Ukraine.

April 18 Vladimir Zelensky during performances his team said that Ivan Aparshin entered it as an expert in the field of defense. Prior to that, Aparshin was in the team of another presidential candidate - former defense minister Anatoly Gritsenko. In an interview with the Ukrainian News Agency, Aparshin refused to confirm reports that, if elected Zelenskiy, he would become Minister of Defense. At the same time, he stated that if he received such an offer, he would be ready to consider it.

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The second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine was 21 April. Its final results have not yet been officially announced, however, following the results of counting 99,98% protocols, Zelensky wins with the result in 73,23%.

How is the transfer of power to the president in Ukraine

• After the end of voting in the presidential elections in Ukraine, the Central Election Commission sums up the voting results. This should occur no later than three days after receipt of all protocols with data on the results of voting from district election commissions and no later than ten days after the holding of the elections themselves.
• A candidate is considered elected if he received more than half of the votes of the voters who took part in the voting (if there was a vote in one round), or a candidate who received more votes than his opponent in the second round (if there was a vote in two rounds).
• The newly elected President of Ukraine takes office no later than 30 days after the official announcement of the election results. He takes the oath to the people at the ceremonial meeting of the Verkhovna Rada. The President of the Constitutional Court takes the oath of the president.
• The president does not form the government of Ukraine, and the Cabinet does not resign after the presidential elections. All members of the government must approve the Verkhovna Rada.
• After the parliamentary elections, the president, at the suggestion of a coalition of parliamentary factions, submits the candidacy of a new prime minister to the Verkhovna Rada. The decision on his resignation takes Rada.
• The President of Ukraine may also offer the Rada his candidates for the posts of ministers of foreign affairs and the Ministry of Defense, as well as candidates for the posts of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General. The remaining members of the government are appointed by the Verkhovna Rada.
• May appoint the highest command of the armed forces of Ukraine and assign the highest military ranks.
• Appoint half of the members of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine and the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting; as well as a third of the judges of the Constitutional Court.
• May terminate the powers of the Verkhovna Rada (in three cases: if it did not form a coalition within a month, did not form a new government in 60 days after the old resignation, if parliamentary meetings cannot begin within 30 days).
• Can veto the laws adopted by the Verkhovna Rada.
• May suspend government orders if they do not comply with the Constitution of Ukraine.
• May appoint ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions of Ukraine in other states and organizations.
• Elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will be held in the autumn of 2019.

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