Dark Piglet: Another new Minister of Defense of #Ukraine, who is he? On August 19th, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) finally approved Yevhen Khmara as the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Prior to this, he held leadership positions in the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) and special operations units.As early as July, Khmara publicly stated that Ukraine intends to continue exerting offensive and technological pressure on #Russia.