Sanctions applied against ex-heads of Interior Ministry, SBU under Yanukovych presidency

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided to apply tough sanctions against 10 security officials, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov says.

He said this at a briefing following a NSDC meeting on Friday, February 26, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“We decided to apply sanctions against those security officials who betrayed our country. The decision was made against 10 people,” Danilov said.

According to him, the NSDC applies sanctions in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Sanctions” dated August 14, 2014 against persons involved in attempts to occupy Crimea, supporting the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, as well as those suspected of high treason and desertion.

The sanctions provide for depriving a number of persons of state awards of Ukraine and military ranks of Ukraine. According to Danilov, the “maximum pool of sanctions” was applied to these persons.

In particular, sanctions are applied against 10 senior officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Security Administration, the National Guard of Ukraine, the Ministry of Emergencies, and other law enforcement and security agencies, namely: former Rear Admiral Denys Berezovsky, former Major General Stanislav Shaportov, former Major General of Justice Serhiy Nyanchur, former Major General Yuriy Kotovsky, former Major General Oleksandr Yakymenko, former Major General Volodymyr Totsky, former Major General Serhiy Ganzhu, former Vice Admiral Serhiy Yeliseyev, former Rear Admiral Dmytro Shakuro, and former General of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Vitaliy Zakharchenko.

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