An announcement by the Ukrainian president that he will seek to replace the prime minister with a loyalist came as the country faces battlefield setbacks and a souring mood.

"I have proposed that Yuliia Svyrydenko lead the Government of Ukraine and significantly renew its work," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

President Zelensky of Ukraine announced his intention to replace Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal with Yulia Svyrydenko, the current first deputy PM. This