Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday he had submitted a resignation letter, as part of the country’s largest wartime governmental reshuffle expected this week, writes Reuters.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday nominated First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to replace Shmyhal. Svyrydenko, who is also the economy minister, is a close and long-standing ally of Zelenskiy.

Shmyhal, who has been in his post since March 2020, is expected to be appointed as Ukraine"s new defence minister, Zelenskiy said on Monday.

Parliament is due to vote on Svyrydenko’s nomination later this week. Zelenskiy said that he had already discussed priority tasks for the next six months with her.

“We are preparing the initial steps of the renewed government. The key tasks would be to increase domestic weapons production and implement reforms to unlock Ukraine’s economic potential”, - he said on the Telegram app.