• Ivan Bakanov, the head of the security service, and Iryna Venediktova, the prosecutor general, have been “removed from duties” by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.
• That is in accordance with the applicable decrees that are available online at the President’s Office website.
• The top security operative was discharged in accordance with this provision.

Ivan Bakanov, the head of the security service, and Iryna Venediktova, the prosecutor general, have been “removed from duties” by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.

That is in accordance with the applicable decrees that are available online at the President’s Office website.

According to “Article 47 of the Disciplinary Statute of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” which states that “failure to perform (improper performance of) service duties, which led to human casualties or other grave consequences, or created a threat of such consequences, shall be among grounds to remove a serviceman from duties.” The top security operative was discharged in accordance with this provision.