Rada Panel Blocks Backing for Zelensky’s Move to Oust SBU Chief

A key parliamentary panel withheld support leaving a full-chamber vote in doubt.

Overview

President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted a draft resolution to the Verkhovna Rada to dismiss Vasyl Malyuk as head of the Security Service of Ukraine.
Parliament’s national security and intelligence committee declined to support the dismissal, and the question now proceeds to a plenary vote with uncertain numbers.
Yevhen Khmara continues to serve as acting SBU chief following Zelensky’s January 5 decree installing him in the role.
Some Ukrainian media, citing unnamed sources, reported that Malyuk agreed to resign after pressure from the presidency, a claim not officially confirmed.
Zelensky appointed former Volyn regional chief Ivan Rudnytsky as a deputy head of the SBU by presidential decree published on January 12.