Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intends to dismiss Vasyl Maliuk, Head of the Safety Service of Ukraine (SSU), and is contemplating appointing him as head of the Overseas Intelligence Service of Ukraine or as secretary of the Nationwide Safety and Defence Council of Ukraine.
Supply: Ukrainska Pravda sources within the President's Workplace and the safety sector
Particulars: The sources say Maliuk could possibly be appointed both as head of the Overseas Intelligence Service or as secretary of the Nationwide Safety and Defence Council.
It needs to be famous that the pinnacle of the SSU is appointed and dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) upon the submission of the president.
In his night deal with on 2 January, Zelenskyy mentioned that "tomorrow we are going to proceed the adjustments, there might be additional selections" relating to personnel reshuffles.
Background:
- On 2 January, Zelenskyy signed decrees appointing Kyrylo Budanov as head of the President's Workplace and Oleh Ivashchenko as head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.
- Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda reported that Andrii Yermak, former head of the President's Workplace, per week earlier than his dismissal, had been attempting to get Maliuk eliminated, claiming he had "let Operation Midas occur" and failed to guard him.
- Because the begin of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the SSU has carried out a variety of large-scale operations underneath Maliuk's management, notably strikes on the Crimean Bridge, the destruction of Russian vessels with Sea Child drones, Operation Spiderweb (throughout which plane at Russian airfields had been hit) and the killing of high-ranking Russian officers.
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