KIEV, March 16 – Yuriy Alekseyev replaced Oleksandr Zinchenko on the post of director general of the National Space Agency of Ukraine from March 15, according to a posting on the official Web site of the agency.

Zinchenko resigned from the post on March 13.

Zinchenko's press service told Interfax-Ukraine that he resigned the office due to a desire to terminate his employment.