Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed Ilya Vityuk, head of the cybersecurity department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), amid allegations of corruption. The decree announcing the sacking of Vityuk was published on Zelenskiy’s website on May 1. Neither Zelenskiy, the SBU, nor Vytyuk has publicly commented on the dismissal. Vityuk had already been placed on leave before his dismissal. In early April a reporter who wrote an article about Vityuk’s wealth was summoned to a military recruitment center, prompting Ukraine’s top military commander, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskiy, to launch an internal audit. To read the original story on RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, click here.
Zelenskiy Fires Senior Cybersecurity Officer Amid Corruption Allegations
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