Was Zelensky betrayed by his childhood friend Bakanov? | Abroad

War in Ukraine

Purge at top of Ukrainian government

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KIEV – After the startling resignation of the Ukrainian chief of the SBU security service and the prosecutor general, Kiev is buzzing with rumors. Was Zelensky betrayed by his childhood friend, Ivan Bakanov, whom he had named head of the secret service when he took office? And does that also apply to Irina Venediktova, the attorney general highly regarded abroad who was in The Hague last week to argue for a large-scale investigation into Russian war crimes?