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No decision on staff reshuffles has been made at a meeting of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) meeting on Thursday, which focused on the situation in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukraine's Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel told journalists after the meeting.

"Strong decisions have been made at the NSDC meeting regarding prospects for development of the Armed Forces," Yezhel said.

A number of media outlets said earlier that Defense Minister Yezhel could lose his job after the NSDC meeting. The minister himself stated that he was prepared for any outcome of the meeting.