Zelensky Sacks Security Chief, Rejigs Special Forces In Six Months After "Russian Assassination Bid"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the head of the country’s security agency that oversees his security and that of other high-ranking officials. The move comes only days after Kyiv officials claimed they had foiled a Russian plot to assassinate Volodymyr Zelensky. A presidential decree issued on May 9 dismissed Sergiy Rud from the post of head of the State Protection Department of Ukraine. The decree did not state a reason for Rud’s removal or name a replacement to the highly sensitive position. The 47-year-old Rud headed the department State Security Administration (UDO) since 2019.