Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Vasyl Maliuk, Ukraine's top spy chief, resigned Friday under pressure from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has shuffled multiple key governmental positions amid a corruption scandal.
Maliuk initially refused to step down as head of Ukraine's security service, known locally as SBU, but relented. He will remain with the agency in a different capacity.
"I am leaving my post as head of the Security Service," Maliuk wrote in a post on Telegram. "I will stay in the system to carry out operations that continue to inflict maximum damage on the enemy. A strong, modern intelligence service is key to our state's security."
The announcement came after a Monday meeting with Zelensky, who reassigned Maliuk to overseeing unconventional warfare.
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