Zelensky appoints Vasily Malyuk as acting head of the SBU

MOSCOW, July 18 Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the first deputy head of the department to act as temporary head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasily Malyuk. Zelensky on Sunday dismissed the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova and the head of the Security Council Ivan Bakanov in connection with the facts of treason on the part of employees of the departments they head. Zelensky's office clarified that this does not mean the dismissal of Venediktova and Bakanov from their posts. — reads the text of Zelensky's decree, published on the website of his office.