Overview
- The Verkhovna Rada approved Maliuk’s resignation as head of the Security Service of Ukraine with 235 votes.
- Lawmakers on the National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee first declined to back the dismissal on January 12 before supporting the draft on January 13.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky had formally asked parliament to remove Maliuk after the security chief announced he was stepping down.
- Major General Yevhen Khmara, head of the SBU’s Alpha Special Operations Center, has been designated acting head.
- The chamber required at least 226 votes to pass the dismissal, a threshold exceeded in the final tally.