Zelensky dismisses prosecutor general, security chief

STORY: Zelensky dismisses prosecutor general, security chief DATELINE: July 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Kiev CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kiev 2. SOUNDBITE (Russian): VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, Ukrainian President (source: Volodymyr Zelensky's social media) STORYLINE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on late Sunday that he had decided to dismiss Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and head of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Bakanov, the presidential press service reported. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian): VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, Ukrainian President "Today I made a decision to remove the Prosecutor General from office and to dismiss the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine. I want to be heard today by everyone on whom the extremely sensitive issue of appointing a new head of the Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office depends. My position as the President of Ukraine is that the competition that took place should lead to a completely logical decision on the appointment of a new h