Zelenskyy to switch Ukraine ambassador to Japan

In a diplomatic reshuffle, the outspoken and charismatic Ukrainian ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky, is about to get replaced.

Korsunsky performed a key function in galvanizing Tokyo’s assist for Kyiv amid Russia’s ongoing invasion. The announcement by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday got here a day after he accepted over 30 different ambassadorial appointments. A successor has but to be named.

The ambassador confirmed to The Japan Times that his four-year time period had already been eclipsed, calling the reshuffle “nothing particular.”