President Zelensky fires dozens of senior officials for working against Ukraine

President Zelensky fires dozens of senior officials for working against Ukraine
July 18, 2022, 7:22 am

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (Official Facebook page)

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy on Sunday (July 17) sacked the head of the country’s state security service and prosecutor general. He said more than 60 of their employees were working against Ukraine in Russian-occupied territory.

Zelenskyy said 651 criminal proceedings had been registered relating to high treason and collaboration by employees of prosecutor's offices, pretrial investigation bodies and other law enforcement agencies.

Zelenskyy said in a statement: “Today I made a decision to remove the Prosecutor General (Iryna Venediktova) from office and to dismiss the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (Ivan Bakanov).”

He mentioned that such crimes raised "very serious questions" for the relevant leaders, and added, "Each of these questions will receive a proper answer."

He confirmed that “specific actions and any inaction of each official in the security sector and in law enforcement agencies will be evaluated.”

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“As of today, 651 criminal proceedings have been registered regarding treason and collaboration activities of employees of prosecutor's offices, pretrial investigation bodies, and other law enforcement agencies,” the president added.

in the meantime, Zelensky has appointed Oleksiy Symonenko as acting Prosecutor General via a decree, according to the Ukrainian national news agency Ukrinform.

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