Zelensky dismissed the head of the SBU Bakanov for failures – SME

July 18, 2022 at 5:43 pm I Paid Content Ukrainian secretaries failed in Kherson. KYIV. When Volodymyr Zelenskyy became Ukraine’s president in 2019, he made Ivan Bakanov the head of the SBU secret service. They had been friends since childhood. Bakanov was mainly expected to reform the criticized intelligence agency, which was gradually infiltrated by a number of Russian spies. The situation reached the point where, after eight years of hybrid war and maintenance of the conflict in Donbass, Russia finally decided to invade the whole of Ukraine. The article continues under the video advertisement The article continues under the video advertisement After the outbreak of the war, it gradually began to be heard from Kiev that Bakanov was unable to respond adequately to the Russian the invasion, which began on February 24. And these voices grew louder. Today, critics claim that several officers made strategic mistakes under his leadership, or disobeyed the president’s instructions. A series of mistakes and ambiguities finally led to the fact that Zelensky dismissed Bakanova on Sunday. Together with him, the Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktová also had to resign. Zelenskyj explained this by saying that dozens of Bakanova and Venediktova’s subordinates were working against Ukraine in the occupied territories, Reuters reported. “More than sixty employees of the Prosecutor’s Office and the SBU remained in the occupied territory and are working against our state,” said Zelenskyi in the evening speech. Ivan Bakanov. (source: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) Bakanov is not the only problem The sacked head of the SBU Bakanov was born in the city of Kryvyi Rih just like Zelensky and was also part of his campaign in the presidential elections. He served as the head of the secret service for three years. [email protected] so that we can help you.” data-msg-btn-logout=”Log in as another user” data-msg-btn-close=”Stay logged in” >