President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky submitted a draft resolution to the Verkhovna Rada. It provides for the appointment of Vasily Malyuk as head of the SBU.

About thisChannel 24political scientist Igor Chalenko told. According to him, such a candidate for the post of head of the SBU will bring positive changes.

Will they vote for Maliuk

Igor Chalenko commented that, probably, preliminary negotiations have already been held and, most likely, indeed, votes for the appointment of Vasily Malyuk are collected.

Pan Maliuk really should have been appointed not a month or two ago, that is, these negotiations have actually dragged on, – he stressed.

In his opinion, Malyuk was constantly at the hearing. In addition, they talked about him in the media space, and even in Telegram channels. Probably, in this way, his personal activity was shown.

“It was necessary to add people's legitimacy to this appointment, so that there were not only reproaches in connection with Oleg Tatarov or Andrei Yermak,” the political scientist explained .

According to him, this also showed the effectiveness of his work as acting head of the SBU.

What changes will Malyuk bring to the SBU

Igor Chalenko said that he looked through the biography of Vasyl Malyuk. He began to actively build his career in the 2000s. This testifies to his lack of experience of the Soviet KGB school.

He is still a man, a new formation, he focused.

< p dir="ltr">According to the political scientist, the future head of the SBU is only 38 years old.

“He, like the same Kirill Budanov, people of the same generation – they have different values. If such a person becomes the head of the SBU, then this will, in principle, be positive, this is a change of generations and a cleansing of Sovietism,” he stressed.

Chalenko added that Malyuk will still be in the spotlight, because there are a number of forces that do not want his appointment. In addition, one can clearly trace the presence of ordered information campaigns against him.

This means that, indeed, not everything is so simple with this figure, but we must continue to follow, – he said.

In his opinion, Vasily Malyuk received additional public points in order to to be supported during the future voting.

Vasily Malyuk: the main thing from his professional biography

• In July last year, Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the head of the SBU, Ivan Bakanov. Actually, his place was taken on the terms of the acting Vasily Malyuk.
• In addition, in March 2020, the president appointed Maliuk as the first deputy chairman of the SBU. In addition, he served as head of the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the SBU.
• It is interesting that in March 2022, Malyuk received a new military rank. He became a brigadier general, and at the end of the year, a major general. It is also known that during his service, his activities were marked by a number of awards.
• There was also a period when Vasily Malyuk served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky. The corresponding appointment passed on February 16, 2022. A week before the start of a full-scale invasion.
• Expert Aleksey Golobutsky spoke about Malyuk interestingly. According to him, the acting head of the SBU is turning the department into the Ukrainian Mossad. In addition, he does everything to clear it of Russian agents.