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Ukraine: the prosecutor general and the head of the SBU suspended, "Zelensky has more than suspicions"

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O presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelensky, during coletiva de imprensa realizada em 16 de junho em kyiv.

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By: Clementine Pawlotsky

Volodymyr Zelensky suspended Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and the head of the country's security services (SBU) Ivan Bakanov, due to suspicions of treason by some of their subordinates for the benefit of the Russians.

It was initially a question of their dismissal, but kyiv has rectified today and is now talking about suspensions, the time to carry out investigations and verifications. 

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Ukrainian authorities are investigating more than 650 cases of suspected treason by local officials, including 60 in areas occupied by Russian and pro-Russian forces.

Interview with General Jean-Paul Palomeros, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and former Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

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