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Parliament dismisses SBU chief Ivan Bakanov

Some 265 MPs voted in favour.

Parliament dismisses SBU chief Ivan Bakanov
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Parliament has dismissed Ivan Bakanov as chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) with 265 votes, Voice faction MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak has told LB.ua.

Ex-President Petro Poroshenko's European Solidarity and the Voice did not support the decision.

The appointment of a new SBU chief is not on the agenda yet.

Yesterday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Vasyl Malyuk as SBU acting chief. Earlier, Zelenskyy suspended Bakanov and Prosecutor-General Iryna Venediktova over multiple instances of their employees' collaboration with the russians.

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