Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree relieving Oleksandr Kamishin of his duties as the President's advisor on strategic affairs. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing document No. 844/2026 published on the president's official website, as well as Kamishin's own statement on Telegram. The wording of the decree is concise: "Relieve Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Kamishin of his duties as Advisor to the President of Ukraine on Strategic Affairs (outside the staffing quota)."

What the decree says and how Kamishin reacted

Oleksandr Kamishin publicly confirmed the end of his work as the President's advisor on strategic affairs. In his statement, he summarized the two-year period and noted that during this time the Ukrainian defense industry "became a strategic sector within the country and began integrating into the defense-industrial architecture of Europe and the United States." Kamishin thanked the president for the trust and the opportunity to be useful, adding that he would continue working in the defense sector — primarily on attracting investment to Ukrainian miltech and developing international partnerships.

Context of personnel changes

Kamishin's dismissal came against the backdrop of a series of personnel decisions that Zelensky made on the same day and in the near term. In particular, on that same day the head of state appointed Vadym Chenchyk, Deputy Head of the State Border Guard Service, as acting head of the service. In parallel, new judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court and its Appellate Chamber were recently appointed: 11 HACC judges and five appellate-instance judges took up their positions.

Link to European financial support

The appointment of new judges with anti-corruption jurisdiction is directly tied to meeting the conditions on which Ukraine's subsequent financial support from the European Union, amounting to 250–300 million euros, depends. Thus, personnel changes in the law-enforcement and judicial structures, as well as in the president's entourage, fit into the broader context of fulfilling obligations to European partners. At the same time, Kamishin's departure, in his own words, does not mean leaving the defense sphere: he intends to continue working on the investment attractiveness of miltech and on international partnerships.