Selenskyj fires secret service chief and attorney general
Created: 07/17/2022, 22:07
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired his chief of intelligence and his chief prosecutor.
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They are key figures in the Ukrainian security authorities: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired his head of the secret service and his attorney general.
KIEV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed two key figures in his security services on Sunday.
In a decree he dismissed the head of the SBU secret service, Ivan Bakanov.
According to the decrees published by the Presidential Office in Kyiv, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova was also dismissed.
Oleksij Simonenko is to take over her position.
Reasons were not given in the short documents.
A successor for the post of secret service chief was not initially named.
Bakanov (47) is a close companion of Zelenskyj from his days as a television comedian, he has headed the secret service since 2019. Ukraine has been fighting the Russian war of aggression since February.
Selenskyj has made almost no personnel changes during this time.
dpa