Kiev has dismissed its envoy to Germany, Andrey Melnik, who leaves behind a long trail of scandals and controversies
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky relieved ambassador Andrey Melnik from his post on Saturday. While neither his potential successor nor the future fate of the now ex-envoy are currently known, media reports suggested the controversial diplomat might end up promoted and assume a post of deputy foreign minister.
Melnik was elevated to the position of ambassador to Germany for post-Maidan Ukraine in December 2014, succeeding Pavlo Klimkin in that role. For the latter, the post has become a springboard into the position of Ukraine’s foreign minister under then-President Petro Poroshenko.
The envoy has promptly become the subject of assorted controversies, with the past few months in office becoming particularly scandalous for Melnik over his questionable ways of…
