The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday approved the formation of a new cabinet, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.

The decision followed the resignation of former Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, which led to the automatic dismissal of the entire government.

The new cabinet, led by newly-appointed Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, includes several members who remained in office from the previous government. These include Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine Oleksii Kuleba and seven ministers.

Shmyhal has been appointed as defense minister, while Mykhailo Fedorov, the previous deputy prime minister for innovation, development of education, science and technology, has been named first deputy prime minister.

"Our government is taking a course towards self-sufficiency: military, economic and social. My main goal is real positive results that every Ukrainian will feel," Svyrydenko wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

She listed high-quality support for the armed forces, expanding domestic weapon production and enhancing the army's technological capabilities among the government's top priorities for the first six months.

Earlier in the day, the parliament confirmed Svyrydenko's nomination to the post of prime minister, proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, with 262 votes in favor.

Svyrydenko, 39, served as first deputy prime minister and minister of economic development and trade from November 2021 to July 2025.

She becomes the second woman in Ukraine's history to serve as Prime Minister, following Yulia Tymoshenko.