Ukraine’s SBU Chief Resigns, Assumes Other Role in Agency

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on 5 Jan that Vasyl Maliuk will step down as head of Ukraine's effective Security Service (SBU) but will remain in the agency to focus on asymmetric operations against Russia.

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Vasyl Maliuk is staying in the SBU to carry out what he described as world class asymmetric operations aimed at inflicting "maximum damage" on Moscow.

Under Maliuk's leadership, the SBU " widely seen as loyal to the President's Office " arrested several anti-corruption investigators, accusing them of having ties to Russia.

The SBU framed the crackdown as a counterintelligence effort aimed at neutralizing Moscow's alleged influence within the bureau.
Anti-corruption activists and civil society groups rejected that explanation, arguing the arrests targeted detectives investigating figures close to Zelensky.

The investigators were later released.

Other news from the war:

At the recent meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing," which is comprised of 35 countries, Italy stated that they would not contribute forces as peacekeepers in any post-conflict arrangement between Kiev and Moscow; France and the UK stated they would. Canada PM Mark Carney pledged $2.5bn in aid and mentioned that deploying Canadian soldiers is currently a "possibility."

Russia lost more than 90,000 troops over the past three months; 1,040 in the last 24 hours.

A big gorill', former D/SBU Vasyl Malyuk (R) was personally involved in investigating Colonel Dmytro Kozyura (L) a Ukrainian SBU officer working for Moscow. Malyuk stated that through this traitor, the SBU fed the Kremlin disinformation during the course of his counterintelligence operation.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-07 04:36 AM