It is possible to strike them from airplanes as well.
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International agreements take precedence over any decisions on sanctions.
"Ukrainos prezidentas Volodymyras Zelenskis sekmadienį atleido savo šalies generalinį prokurorą ir jos vidaus žvalgybos agentūros vadovą, o tai yra reikšmingiausias sukrėtimas jo vyriausybėje nuo visapusiškų sankcijų Rusijai pradžios vasario mėnesį.Tačiau kiti Z. Zelenskio vyriausybės pareigūnai kaltino J. Bakanovą dėl žvalgybos nesėkmių.
The dismissals of the prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, and Ivan Bakanov, the leader of the Security Service of Ukraine — and a childhood friend of the president — were announced in brief decrees. In a televised speech later Sunday night, Mr. Zelensky said he was responding to a large number of treason investigations opened into employees of law enforcement agencies, including the prosecutor general’s office and the domestic security agency.
Mr. Zelensky’s office ordered that Ms. Venediktova, who had assumed a prominent and very public role in Ukraine’s efforts to prosecute war crimes and atrocities, be removed from her position. Another decree did the same for Mr. Bakanov, citing “Article 47 of the Disciplinary Statute of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” That pertains to “failure to perform service duties, which led to human casualties or other grave consequences,” according to Ukrinform, a Ukrainian news agency.
“Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the national security of the state and the connections detected between the employees of the security forces of Ukraine and the special services of Russia pose very serious questions to the relevant leadership,” Mr. Zelensky added.
The Security Service of Ukraine, known by its Ukrainian initials S.B.U., is the main domestic security and intelligence authority in Ukraine and the successor to the local branch of the Soviet-era K.G.B. With 27,000 personnel, it is Europe’s largest security agency, and faces calls for reform — by comparison, Britain’s MI5 has just 4,400 employees, according to the Atlantic Council.
Mr. Zelensky’s relationship with Mr. Bakanov dates back decades. Childhood friends, the two also worked in the entertainment industry — Mr. Zelensky as an actor and Mr. Bakanov as the director of the Kvartal 95 studio.
But other officials in Mr. Zelensky’s government had blamed Mr. Bakanov for intelligence failures.
While it was not immediately clear who would replace Mr. Bakanov, the president’s office named Oleksiy Symonenko as acting prosecutor general, according to Ukrinform. Mr. Symonenko had served as Ms. Venediktova’s deputy. In 2020, he was accused by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine of “illegally” interfering in a corruption investigation."