President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a number of senior officials of the Security Service of Ukraine. This is reported by "

So, Zelensky released by decree:.

Ruslan Baranetsky from the post of the first deputy chairman of the SBU, he was also removed from the duties of the head of the Anti-Terrorist Center under the Security Service of Ukraine.

Vasyl Malysh from the post of First Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine - Head of the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the Central Directorate of the SBU.

Sergei Andrushchenko from the post of Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine, and transferred to the post of First Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine and the head of the Anti-Terrorist Center under the Security Service.

Alexei Korneichuk from the post of Head of the Department of Counterintelligence Protection of State Interests in the Field of Information Security of the SBU.

Vitaly Monastyretskiy from the position of Head of the Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Chernivtsi region.

As the press service of the OP notes, the main goal of the president when making these personnel decisions is to ensure the readiness of the SBU for systemic transformation, corresponding to the content of the reform of the department.. The corresponding bill is being worked out in the Verkhovna Rada.

“There is no alternative to the reform of the Service and there will not be. Only the parliament will vote for the reform, we must start the transformation on the very first day, without wasting time on adapting to the adopted decision, "

But now the work of the SBU will be strengthened taking into account future changes.. The state requires a much more intensive activity of the SBU in the implementation of the tasks set by the law, he added..

“The second task is to significantly intensify the fight against smuggling.

The pace of work against smuggling, which we see now, cannot suit anyone, "

According to expert estimates, as a result of the activities of smugglers, the state annually loses up to 300 billion hryvnia.

According to the head of state, strengthening the work of the special services should become the foundation for countering this sad situation..

“The concrete result should be tangible both at the border and in all state institutions responsible for the purity of economic processes,” the President said..