The deposed generals are former head of the Department of Internal Security and Security Service of Ukraine Andriy Naumov and former head of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region Serhiy Kryvoruchko.
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“All traitors will be punished,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyhe proclaimed to the nation at war with Russia and the whole world the removal and indictment of two generals of the Kiev army for another betrayal. It is the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion and the war Moscow unleashed that the Ukrainian government is taking such action, notably against two senior officers in its armed forces, who are being dubbed “antiheroes. Not only that, in his usual video address, Zelenskyy feared the risk that there might be more traitors, and actually accepted it. “Today another decision was made regarding the antiheroes. Now I don’t have time to deal with all the traitors. But little by little they will all be punished,” the Ukrainian president clarified in a kind of public warning.
General Andriy Olehovych Naumov
Who are the generals Zelensky removed
The deposed generals are the former head of the Ministry of Internal Security and the Security Service of Ukraine, Andriy Olehovych Naumov, and the former head of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region, Serhiy Oleksandrovych Kryvoruchko, accused of shirking their duties during the war. During his speech, Zelensky did not explain in detail what led to the dismissal of his country’s two senior security officials, although he noted that according to the Ukrainian Army’s Disciplinary Statute, “the military officers who don’t have them decided where to stay home is whether they violate the military oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people or the protection of our state, its freedom and independence, are inevitably deprived of high military ranks. “Generals at random, they cannot be with us. I am grateful to all true heroes of the security service, as well as to all those who sincerely defend our state,” Zelenskyy concluded.
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What are the charges against the expelled Ukrainian generals?
According to local media, both officers are suspected of having each other escaped from their duties during the war. Brigadier General Andriy Olehovych Naumov went abroad just hours before the Russian army’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine on February 24. His family also seems to have left the country a few hours before the attack. His activities are currently being investigated by law enforcement under the criminal offense of treason. Naumov was already involved in journalistic research into the acquisition of luxury real estate that was incompatible with civil servant income. Serhiy Oleksandrovych Kryvoruchko, on the other hand, is among those accused by the mayor of Kherson of leaving the city immediately after the Russian invasion on March 25. During these hours, deputies of the City Council, employees of the Prosecutor’s Office, the National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine fled their posts and disappeared.