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Rustem Umerov

Rustem Umerov has served as the defense minister of Ukraine since September 2023. He headed the State Fund of Ukraine in 2022-2023. He was elected to the Ukrainian parliament as a member of the Holos (Voice) party in 2019. Umerov is Crimean Tatar.

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Ukraine’s victory will send a message to all dictatorships – Umerov’s speech at Ramstein

by Rustem Umerov
Editor’s Note: This is the speech of Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, which he delivered on Nov. 22 at the 17th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Ramstein format). Defense leaders from more than 50 partner countries participated in the meeting. The Kyiv Independent publishes the speech with permission. Let me start by mentioning one Ukrainian town. It is called Oleshky. It is a small town in the Kherson region. I mentioned it because our soldiers right now are bravely fight