President instructs to fire nine district police chiefs

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed Head of the National Police of Ukraine Serhiy Kniazev to dismiss police chiefs in nine districts of three regions.

He stated this at a meeting on the illegal amber extraction during his visit to the town of Olevsk in Zhytomyr region on August 12, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

In particular, this refers to five districts in Rivne region, two districts in Zhytomyr region, and two districts in Volyn region.

In addition, Zelensky instructed Acting Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Bakanov to dismiss the heads of regional departments of the Security Service of Ukraine in Zhytomyr, Volyn and Rivne regions.

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