Ukraine’s Zelenskyy fires security chief and general prosecutor

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated he fired the officers over many circumstances of collaboration with Russia amongst their businesses’ members.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued govt orders sacking Ukraine’s prosecutor common and the top of the highly effective Safety Service of Ukraine (Sluzhba Bespeky Ukrayiny, or SBU).

The orders late on Sunday dismissing SBU chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood buddy of Zelenskyy, and Prosecutor Common Iryna Venediktova, who led the hassle to prosecute Russian struggle crimes in Ukraine, have been revealed on the president’s official web site.

In a separate Telegram submit, Zelenskyy stated he had fired the highest officers as a result of many circumstances had come to gentle of members of their businesses collaborating with Russia.

He stated 651 treason and collaboration circumstances had been opened towards prosecutorial and legislation enforcement officers, and that greater than 60 officers from Bakanov and Venediktova’s businesses have been now working towards Ukraine in Russian-occupied territories.

“Such an array of crimes towards the foundations of the nationwide safety of the state … pose very critical inquiries to the related leaders,” Zelenskyy stated.

“Every of those questions will obtain a correct reply,” he stated.

Zelenskyy changed Venediktova together with her deputy Oleksiy Symonenko as the brand new prosecutor common in a separate govt order that was additionally revealed on the president’s website.