<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday dismissed several of Kyiv's senior envoys abroad including the country's outspoken ambassador to Germany, the presidential website said.</p>.<p>In a decree that gave no reason for the move, Zelenskyy announced the sacking of Ukraine's ambassadors to Germany, India, the Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary.</p>.<p>It was not immediately clear if the envoys would be assigned new positions.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/no-signs-of-russia-engaging-on-ukraine-at-g20-says-blinken-1125220.html" target="_blank">No signs of Russia engaging on Ukraine at G20, says Blinken</a></strong></p>.<p>Zelenskyy has urged his diplomats to drum up international support and military aid for Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia's Feb. 24 invasion.</p>.<p>Kyiv's relations with Germany, which is heavily reliant on Russian energy supplies and also Europe's biggest economy, are particularly sensitive.</p>.<p>Andriy Melnyk, who was appointed by Zelenskyy's predecessor as ambassador to Germany in late 2014, is well-known among politicians and diplomats in Berlin.</p>.<p>The 46-year-old regularly engages in outspoken social media exchanges, and has branded politicians and intellectuals who oppose arming Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion as appeasers.</p>.<p>He once accused German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of behaving like an "offended liver sausage" when Scholz did not immediately accept an invitation by Zelenskyy to visit Kyiv.</p>.<p>Kyiv and Berlin are currently at odds over a German-made turbine undergoing maintenance in Canada. Germany wants Ottawa to return the turbine to Russian natural gas giant Gazprom to pump gas to Europe.</p>.<p>Kyiv has urged Canada to keep the turbine, saying shipping it to Russia would be a violation of sanctions imposed on Moscow.</p>
<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday dismissed several of Kyiv's senior envoys abroad including the country's outspoken ambassador to Germany, the presidential website said.</p>.<p>In a decree that gave no reason for the move, Zelenskyy announced the sacking of Ukraine's ambassadors to Germany, India, the Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary.</p>.<p>It was not immediately clear if the envoys would be assigned new positions.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/no-signs-of-russia-engaging-on-ukraine-at-g20-says-blinken-1125220.html" target="_blank">No signs of Russia engaging on Ukraine at G20, says Blinken</a></strong></p>.<p>Zelenskyy has urged his diplomats to drum up international support and military aid for Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia's Feb. 24 invasion.</p>.<p>Kyiv's relations with Germany, which is heavily reliant on Russian energy supplies and also Europe's biggest economy, are particularly sensitive.</p>.<p>Andriy Melnyk, who was appointed by Zelenskyy's predecessor as ambassador to Germany in late 2014, is well-known among politicians and diplomats in Berlin.</p>.<p>The 46-year-old regularly engages in outspoken social media exchanges, and has branded politicians and intellectuals who oppose arming Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion as appeasers.</p>.<p>He once accused German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of behaving like an "offended liver sausage" when Scholz did not immediately accept an invitation by Zelenskyy to visit Kyiv.</p>.<p>Kyiv and Berlin are currently at odds over a German-made turbine undergoing maintenance in Canada. Germany wants Ottawa to return the turbine to Russian natural gas giant Gazprom to pump gas to Europe.</p>.<p>Kyiv has urged Canada to keep the turbine, saying shipping it to Russia would be a violation of sanctions imposed on Moscow.</p>