Zelenskyi appoints new head of Security Service department in Kirovohrad region

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksiy Petrov as head of the Security Service department in Kirovohrad region.

Censor.NET reports citing head's of state press service.

Relevant decree, No.627/2019, has been posted on the president’s website.

"To appoint Oleksiy Petrov as head of the Ukrainian Security Service department in Kirovohrad region," reads the report.

By the previous decree, No.626/2019, the president dismissed Petrov from the post of head of the Counterintelligence Department of the Ukrainian Security Service.

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