Updated On: 19 July, 2022 10:19 AM IST | Vinnytsia | Agencies
Ukraine president cites connivance with Russia by people within their depts; sacked men include his childhood friend and former business partner

A child jumps on a trampoline against the backdrop of destroyed buildings in Borodyanka. Pic/AFP
As Russian troops pressed their offensive in Ukraine’s east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his state security chief and prosecutor general on Sunday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their departments and other law enforcement agencies.
“In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor’s office and the SBU (state security service) have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state,” Zelenskyy said.