File Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a meeting with military officials in Ukraine s central Dnipro region on July 8, 2022. AP
``In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor's office and the SBU have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state,'' Zelenskyy said.
``Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the state's national security, and the links recorded between Ukrainian security forces and Russian special services raise very serious questions about their respective leaders,'' he said.
He dismissed Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, and replaced her with her deputy Oleksiy Symonenko. He also dismissed Ivan Bakanov, the head of Ukraine's security service, the SBU. Bakanov was a long-time friend of Zelenskyy's, according to Ukrainian news agencies.
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