Senior figures in Ukraine were dismissed. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a statement on his social media account, “The former Head of the Main Directorate of the SBU in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, of the Ukrainian Investigation Bureau together with the Security Service of Ukraine, has been detained. The dismissal of this person was completely justified. Evidence was collected about this person’s suspicion of treason. The entire crime is documented. All that he has done during this period and before will be properly evaluated,” he said, adding that he dismissed the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Ivan Bakanov and the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venicetova.
“Treachery COOPERATION ACTIVITIES”
Noting that he examined the work of law enforcement in the cities of Kherson and Kharkov, Zelenskiy said, “As of today, 651 criminal cases regarding treason and cooperation activities of employees of prosecutors’ offices, pre-trial investigation agencies and other law enforcement agencies have been registered. In 198 criminal proceedings, accusations were made against the relevant persons.
“MORE THAN 60 EMPLOYEES OF THE PROSECUTION AND SBU STAYED IN Occupied Territories AND ARE WORKING AGAINST OUR STATE”
In particular, Zelenskiy stated that more than 60 employees of the Prosecutor’s Office and the SBU remained in the Russian-occupied territories and worked against Ukraine. poses serious questions to relevant leaders. Each of these questions will receive appropriate answers.”
ZELENSKIY REMEMBERED THE MALAYSIAN AIRPLANE FROM DONBASS
Responding to the words of Dmitriy Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, that it would be doomsday in case Ukraine retakes Crimea and attacks the Crimean bridge, Zelenskiy said, “Today I heard inconsistent words from Russia about the apocalypse for Ukraine. Of course, no one will accept such intimidation. Anniversary of Russia’s destruction of Malaysian Boeing over Donbass skies. 298 people were killed in an open terrorist attack. 80 of them were children. Even then, Russia was following this path” and stressed that Russia should be tried in international courts.
Zelenskiy also appointed Oleksiy Symonenko as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine with the decree he published. (UAV)