The President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, signed decrees on the dismissal of Prosecutor General Iryna Veniadiktova and the head of the SBU, Ivan Bakanov.

The decrees of July 17 do not specify the reasons for the decisions.

It is not yet known who will head the SBU.

According to one of the decrees, the performance of the duties of the Prosecutor General is assigned to Aleksei Simanenko.

Simanenko is the Deputy Prosecutor General.

Bakanov headed the SBU in August 2019, Venyadiktova became the Prosecutor General in March 2020.

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