The Cabinet of Ministers dismissed Nikolai Chechtkin from the post of head of the State Emergency Service, Taras Melnichuk, a government spokesman in parliament, said on Telegram.. This decision was made by the Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on November 10.

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Temporarily the duties of the head of the State Emergencies Service will be performed by Sergey Kruk.

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The Cabinet of Ministers allocated 106 million for the repair of GSChS helicopters.

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Nikolay Chechetkin became the head of the State Emergency Service in May 2015. In this position, he replaced Zoryan Shkiryak.

Nikolay Chechetkin served as deputy head of the State Emergencies Service since the end of March 2015. Born in Ivano-Frankivsk in 1965. Since 2002, he was an employee of various departments of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine. Since 2006, he held executive positions in the central office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the State Emergencies Service. Since July 2014. was the director of the department for organizing civil protection events of the State Emergencies Service.