Zelensky appoints spy chief as his new office head

The key post has been vacant since Andrey Yermak resigned amid a scandal

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has announced that he has appointed the head of the country’s military intelligence (HUR), Kirill Budanov, as his new chief of staff.

The key post has been vacant since the previous head of the presidential office, Andrey Yermak, resigned amid a massive corruption scandal in late November.

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