Politics

Ukraine’s secret ops mastermind resigns as Zelenskyy shakes up top team

Ewan Jones

05.01.2026, 19:27

Photo by Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images — Vasyl Malyuk, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), resigned on Monday. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

Vasyl Malyuk was the brains behind many audacious covert strikes against Russia.