The reshuffle of Ukraine’s government has been widely seen as a bid to boost relations with Trump. Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who was key in striking a mineral deal with the U.S. in May, was appointed as the new Prime Minister on Thursday.

Yulia Svyrydenko, 39, is Ukraine's new prime minister, tasked by President Zelensky with boosting domestic weapons production to 50% within six months and reviving the economy.

An announcement by the Ukrainian president that he will seek to replace the prime minister with a loyalist came as the country faces battlefield setbacks and a souring mood.

Ukraine's corruption problem was getting better. Now activists worry a campaign of arrests risks a backslide to authoritarianism.