The suspension of Ukraine's domestic spy chief has laid bare Kyiv's battle away from the front lines to purge its powerful security agencies of collaborators and Russian agents.
Experts say treason in Ukraine was "obvious" from the beginning of the warPresident Volodymyr ZelenskyyThe Ukrainian leader cited dozens of cases of collaboration by members of their agencies in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Kyiv-based analyst Volodymyr Fesenko said Mr Kulinich's arrest was the last straw after suspicions of treason had swirled around some of his regional chiefs."This is a crisis decision. They need to bring in order, to purge the SBU and search for … agents. Not only in the SBU, of course, but the SBU is critically important."The sprawling organisation emerged out of the Soviet-era KGB and has been the subject of a reform push in recent years.
"Now I don't have time to deal with all the traitors but gradually they will all be punished," Mr Zelenskyy said at the time.
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