President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed former deputy head of the counterintelligence support department for economic security of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vitalii Bunechko, as the chairperson of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration.
This follows from respective presidential decree 587 dated August 8, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Mass media associates Bunechko with businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi, as his brother, Viacheslav, occupies the position of the head of the actionable department for legal support at Ukrnafta, the largest Ukrainian oil-producing company.
According to some reports, he was the one to represent company’s interests of a company associated with Kolomoiskyi in cases considered by the National Anticorruption Bureau (NACB).
Also, Zelenskyy has dismissed Yaroslav Lahuta as the chairperson of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration.
This follows from respective presidential decree 586 dated August 8.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on Monday, Zelenskyy is staying on an official visit in Zhytomyr region to introduce new governor.
On July 24, Zelenskyy dismissed Ihor Hundych as the chairperson of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration; Oleksii Muliarenko as the chairperson of the Rivne Regional State Administration; and Oleksandr Velbivts as the chairperson of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration; and appointed them as the acting heads of respective regional state administrations.
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