With more than 3,500 people killed in ongoing fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops, it is perhaps fitting that the position in Kyiv with the least job security appears to be post of defense minister.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Defense minister, Kyiv’s least secure job
Colonel General Stepan Poltorak speaks to the media in Kyiv on October 13, 2014, as few hundreds of Ukrainian conscripts of former interior troops protest outside Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko administration building demanding their demobilization due to the expiration of their military service term. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday nominated National Guard part-volunteer forces chief Stepan Poltorak as the war-torn former Soviet country's fourth defence minister of the year.
