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As Russian troops pressed their offensive in Ukraine’s east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his state security chief and prosecutor general on Sunday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their departments and other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor\u2019s office and the SBU (state security service) have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSuch an array of crimes against the foundations of the state\u2019s national security, and the links recorded between Ukrainian security forces and Russian special services raise very serious questions about their respective leaders,\u2019\u2019 he said in his nightly video address to the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zelenskyy dismissed Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend and former business partner whom he had appointed to head the SBU. Bakanov had come under growing criticism over security breaches since the war began; Politico last month cited several unidentified Ukrainian and Western sources saying Zelenskyy was looking to replace him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also dismissed Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, and replaced her with her deputy Oleksiy Symonenko. Venediktova has helped lead war crime investigations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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