The Cabinet of Ministers dismissed Oleksandr Pavliuk from the post of First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine due to his transfer to another job, representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk said.

"The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine: Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Pavliuk has been dismissed from the post of First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine due to a transfer to another job," Melnychuk wrote on his Telegram channel on Saturday.

On February 14, 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk as First Deputy Minister of Defense.