SBU Chief Ouster Stalls in Parliament After Zelensky’s Push

Overview

• President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted a draft resolution to dismiss Vasyl Malyuk as head of the Security Service of Ukraine, with the document registered on the parliament’s website.
• The Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on National Security and Intelligence did not support Malyuk’s dismissal, according to lawmakers.
• Under procedure the matter proceeds to a plenary vote, and MPs warn there may not be enough votes to approve the dismissal.
• Zelensky earlier named Yevhen Khmara acting head of the SBU on January 5 after Malyuk said he was leaving the post.
• Zelensky appointed former Volyn regional administrator Ivan Rudnytsky as a deputy head of the SBU by presidential decree published Monday.