Talking to TVP World earlier on Wednesday, Bohdan Nahaylo said that Kuleba’s unexpected resignation typified the workings of the Zelenskyy government: “This is not the first time that changes have happened somewhat unexpectedly,” said Nahaylo, “so it’s in the style of the Zelenskyy administration.”

Referencing the reshuffle, Nahaylo said: “Officially, they are saying that this is a revamping of the government to make it more efficient.”

However, he added that the public has been caught off-guard: “You've been telling people for two-and-a-half years that the government and the people you have appointed... have done a wonderful job... And yet suddenly you’re dismissing people—not simply rotating people but dismissing people without any explanation.”

He added: “Right now we're in a state of semi-shock, but as I said at the outset, this is very consistent with the way that Zelensky's team has done business.”

However, it is not just politicians that have found themselves axed. “The head of the Ukrenergo company, which in effect oversees electricity supplies, was dismissed suddenly,” said Nahaylo. “This guy has done a great job... So, what I’m saying is there’s more going on than just senior ministers being changed.”

Regarding Russia’s wave of recent aerial attacks, Nahaylo said that hopes were mounting that the West would finally recognize that a line had been crossed. “I think the hope is that finally Ukraine’s allies will say that enough is enough,” he said. “We really must give them at least the means to close the sky.”

Speaking of the Wednesday attack on Lviv that left seven people dead, including three children, Nahaylo said: “The fact that it’s very close to the Polish border will be a wake-up call—not for the Poles; they don’t need that, but for those in Western Europe and the States. [For them to say] this is getting out of hand... Putin is acting in a no-holds barred manner.”