Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed former Defense Minister Valeriy Heletei as Head of the Ukrainian State Guard Department.
"I have already signed the order: Col. Gen. Heletei is appointed as Head of the State Guard Department," Poroshenko said while introducing new Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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