Zelenskyy appoints former NSDC secretary as ambassador to Serbia

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed a former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Lytvynenko ambassador to Serbia. This is about in the decree on the President's website.

In a document dated November 27, Zelenskyy appointed Lytvynenko ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Serbia.

At the same time, with the same date, was published a presidential decree dismissing diplomat Volodymyr Tolkach from the post of Ukrainian representative in the country. He had been working in this position since December 2021, and had previously served as Ambassador to the State of Kuwait in the Middle East for nine years.

Lytvynenko held the position of secretary of the National Security and Defense Council from March 2024 to July 2025. Prior to that, he headed the Foreign Intelligence Service from 2021.

His successor at the NSDC is former minister of defense Rustem Umerov.

Lytvynenko's predecessor as secretary was Oleksiy Danylov. After the latter's dismissal, Zelenskyy stated that he had agreed to his appointment as ambassador to Moldova, but this never happened.

• In early November, Serbian president Vučić said that his country was ready to sell ammunition to the European Union, even if they are transferred to Ukraine.