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Zelensky appoints new Ukrainian ambassador to Germany.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksiy Makeyev, 46, as the ambassador to Germany, according to a presidential decree published on Sept. 23. Makeyev's predecessor, Andriy Melnyk, was fired after regularly triggering scandals by making controversial statements on Ukrainian nationalism and other topics.

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