President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to a petition to deprive Yury Boyko of the Hero of Ukraine title from the banned in Ukraine Opposition Platform - For Life party, in which he indicated that, in accordance with the current legislation, he currently has no grounds for such a decision.

The President's response to the petition states that the title of Hero can be stripped only if the recipient is convicted of a serious crime or personal sanctions are applied..

“Materials that meet the legal grounds for me, as the head of state, to make a legal decision on the issue raised in the petition, have not been received by the Office of the President of Ukraine.

At the same time, I turned to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal with a request to study the issue raised in the petition, to analyze the existence of reasonable grounds for the application of personal restrictive measures against South. Boiko and inform about the results,” Zelensky said in a response..

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Recall that in September, Lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Gaidai initiated a petition to deprive Boyko of his rank. Two months later, the petition collected 25,000 votes and was submitted to the president for consideration..