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Shape of Zelensky's post-Bakanov intelligence corps begins to emerge

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. © Ukrainian Presidential Press Off/Zuma Press/MaxPPP

Staying true to habit, Volodymyr Zelensky has spent the past few weeks reappointing his regional domestic intelligence directors having dismissed their chief Ivan Bakanov on 19 July. [...] (448 words)

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