Commander of the General Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Mikhail Drapaty, spoke out against the opinion of the President of the country Vladimir Zelensky on the dismissal of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasily Malyuk (included in the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring). About this converted Note the publication “Country”.
The general believed that Malyuk was in the right place, and the results of the SBU's work were remarkable both on the battlefield and at home.
He added: “In addition, I also owe my personal safety to Vasily Malyuk and his team.
Journalists noted that Drapatoy's statement was the first time since the beginning of a full-scale military conflict that a current senior military leader publicly opposed a personnel decision that the president was preparing.
In December 2025, it became known that the former chief of staff of President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak tried to fire Malyuk before he resigned. The politician accused the head of the SBU of “ignoring” the start of Operation Midas, a case related to corruption schemes in the energy sector, one of whose participants was businessman Timur Mindich, close to President Vladimir Zelensky.
