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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko must resign immediately.
"Operative Information Center-OMM" reports that foreign media outlets published the information.
"This prosecutor general has only one way out: to resign. I told him this. Ukraine has seen all the grounds for it. If he considers this political pressure, he may call it that. I urge lawmakers to immediately support his dismissal from this position," Zelensky said.
Zelensky made the statement after Kravchenko said earlier on the same day that he was facing political pressure.
Acting Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko submitted his resignation on Sept. 7. However, his resignation has not yet been approved. Zelensky must submit a motion to the Verkhovna Rada for Kravchenko’s dismissal. The document must then be approved by the relevant committee before being put to a vote by lawmakers. The motion has not yet been registered in parliament.
Kravchenko’s resignation came amid another major corruption scandal in Ukraine. He submitted his resignation three days after the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) launched an operation. During the operation, investigators identified a criminal group allegedly supporting the activities of call centers operating for fraudulent purposes.
On Sept. 6, Kravchenko denied involvement in the schemes. He said a suspected employee had been dismissed and that an investigation into the activities of the relevant structure had been ordered.
Kravchenko said he was currently on an official visit abroad. During the trip, he planned to meet international partners and brief them on the situation in Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies, the uncontrolled concentration of influence within those institutions and the risks this posed to state sovereignty.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general is appointed and dismissed by parliament upon a presidential recommendation. The procedure requires formal consideration by the relevant parliamentary committee before a final vote, making Kravchenko’s resignation dependent on further institutional steps.
