On April 27, at the meeting the supervisory board of the Starokramatorsky Machine Building Plant (Donetsk region) dismissed Artem Lytvynov from the post of director general, having appointed Vasyl Pylypenko instead of him. Earlier, Pylypenko occupied the post of first deputy director general of the company; he was appointed for three years till April 27, 2019. Lytvynov had been director general since November 4, 2013.