Ukraine president replaces security chiefs


  • World
  • Thursday, 06 Feb 2014

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, who is struggling to contain a wave of street protests against his rule, replaced the head of national counter-intelligence and senior officials in two disaffected western regions.

In a series of decrees on Wednesday, he promoted Volodymyr Bik to head the Counter-Intelligence Department of the State Security Service, replacing Vasil Holyavitsky, replaced local heads of the State Security Service in Lviv and Volyn regions and dismissed the head of the regional administration of Volyn.

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