The latest news and top stories on Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade. She has been proposed to lead a new government, with a focus on significant deregulation and concentrating resources for defence and recovery. Her responsibilities include strengthening economic potential, expanding support programmes for Ukrainians and scaling up domestic weapons production. Previously, she held key roles in regional administration, attracting foreign investment, and served as Deputy Head of the Office of the President. She was instrumental in negotiating the Ukraine-US critical minerals agreement.