“According to presidential decree No.39 as of January 28, 2015, and on grounds of redundancy (clause 1, part one, of Article 40 of the Labor Code of Ukraine) Petro Mekheda is to be dismissed from the post of deputy defense minister of Ukraine, head of the department,” reads the document. Moreover, the government appointed Maksym Malashkyn as head of the department and deputy minister of regional development, construction, and communal living of Ukraine.