Malyuk Vasyl Vasyliovych, the First Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Security Service has been appointed head of the Service after yesterday’s sacking of Ivan Bakanov by President Zelensky. The sacking of Bakanov and the General Prosecutor stems from more than 60 investigations into Russian collaboration on employees of both directorates.

The Security Service of Ukraine is vested, within its competence defined by law, with the protection of national sovereignty, constitutional order, territorial integrity, economical, scientific, technical, and defense potential of Ukraine, legal interests of the state, and civil rights, from intelligence and subversion activities of foreign special services and from unlawful interference attempted by certain organizations, groups and individuals, as well with ensuring the protection of state secrets. (wiki)