“On the basis of Articles 9 and 41 of the Law of Ukraine“ On the Prosecutor's Office ”, the Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka on September 6, 2019 dismissed prosecutors from the Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovograd, Lugansk, Lviv, Rivne, Sumy and Ternopol regions,” the department said. public relations and the media of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
Earlier Ryaboshapka fired prosecutors of Vinnitsa, Zhytomyr, Odessa and Cherkasy regions.
On August 30, Ryaboshapka headed the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
After his appointment, he promised to hold senior officials accountable on a weekly basis and return stolen assets to Ukraine.