Zelensky dismisses Kyiv region official who was detained for drunk driving accident

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Volodymyr Maibozhenko as head of the Brovary District Military Administration.

That's according to Presidential Order No. 46/2024-rp, Ukrinform reports.

"To dismiss Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Maibozhenko from the post of the head of the Brovary District State Administration in the Kyiv region in accordance with clause 1 of part 1 of article 9 of the Law of Ukraine 'On local state administrations'," the document reads.

A court earlier chose a measure of restraint for Maibozhenko in the form of remand.

On April 26, law enforcement officers detained Maibozhenko who in a state of alcoholic intoxication ran over four people at a pedestrian crossing in Brovary.