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Zelensky fires intelligence chief and prosecutor general on grounds of treason
Ivan Bakanov, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 16, 2019

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his country’s prosecutor general and the head of the intelligence services amid allegations of collusion with Russia. 

He issued executive orders late on Sunday firing SBU chief Ivan Bakanov and prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova, citing more than 650 cases of high treason. 

Mr Zelensky claimed that there was evidence that more than 60 officials had been spying for Moscow in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine. 

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