Ukrainian president appoints man with ties to oligarch as security chief

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivers a speech during an IT conference in Kiev, Ukraine May 23, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has picked as a top security chief a man who Reuters has reported as having ties with tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky, an appointment that underscores links between the two.

Maksym Donets was appointed head of the president's personal bodyguard team, as well as deputy head of Ukraine's department of state protection, according to a decree published on the president's website on Thursday evening.