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He spoke with security officers about the recent shootout in Kyiv, and with the anti-corruption officials about Operation "Carthage."
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that yesterday he met not only with Prosecutor General Office head Ruslan Kravchenko — who after that conversation submitted a resignation letter — but also with HUR head Oleh Ivashchenko and acting SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad, with Office of the President head Kyrylo Budanov, and with NABU head Semen Kryvonos and SAP head Oleksandr Klymenko. Obviously, the meetings with representatives of the security bloc and the Office of the President related to the recent shootout in Kyiv, while the talks with the anti-corruption officials concerned Operation "Carthage."
Zelensky himself did not share details of the conversations during the meeting with journalists. He only noted that the public already understands what they were about.
"(7 September – ed.) I devoted the day to personnel matters. I met with the heads of NABU and SAP and the Prosecutor General… I’m sure you understand what we talked about," the president noted. "I had a fairly long meeting with the Prosecutor General, he submitted the corresponding statement, and the submission will be sent to the Verkhovna Rada."
The relevant decisions will also be made after the conversation with Poklad, he added. It was previously reported that following the incident in Kyiv, Zelensky ordered the dismissal of one deputy head of HUR and one deputy head of the SBU, and as of yesterday his order had been carried out in the military intelligence, but not in the Security Service.
Recall, 4 September NABU and SAP announced they had carried out Operation "Carthage," during which they exposed a criminal group that covered up the operation of a network of fraudulent call centers: they coordinated searches in "other people’s" offices, while from their "own" offices they collected subscription fees of 20–24 thousand dollars per month, sources tell ZN.UA. The investigation’s suspects include senior officials of the Prosecutor General Office, notably Deputy Head of the Department of International Cooperation Serhiy Kropyva (on the recordings — "Chancellor"), whom the High Anti-Corruption Court has already remanded in custody with the possibility of posting 120 million hryvnia bail.
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko also "appears" in this story. And although he denies his involvement, the investigation found that Kropyva was close to the Prosecutor General; he supervised and paid for repairs at his house in Kozyn, and in one recording he referred to the patronymic of the "Boss" as Andriyovych. As a result, Kravchenko and his first deputy Mariya Vdovychenko also had searches in this case. At first the Prosecutor General Office denied this, then stated that investigative actions took place in premises "used by" these two, and implied that NABU and SAP had their own motive for this because of cases against the anti-corruption agency that were overseen by the Prosecutor General’s Office.
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