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Ukraine Appoints New Prosecutor General
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Add as preferred source on GoogleUkraine's parliament appoints Ruslan Kravchenko as prosecutor general, focusing on Russian war crimes in Kyiv region.
(Reuters) -Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday appointed Ruslan Kravchenko, one of the key investigators of alleged Russian war crimes during the occupation of the Kyiv region in 2022, as prosecutor general.
Kravchenko, 35, is now head of the state tax administration, and before that chaired the Kyiv region military administration.
He was involved in the recording and prosecuting of alleged Russian atrocities in the town of Bucha, which was occupied for 33 days in the early stages of Moscow's full-scale invasion. Russia denies accusations of numerous executions, rapes and torture during the occupation.
Kravсhenko was also a prosecutor in Ukraine's ousted President Viktor Yanukovych's treason case.
The prosecutor general's post has remained vacant since October, after Andriy Kostin resigned following a scandal around officials receiving fake disability status and avoiding military service.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Ruslan Kravchenko was appointed as the new prosecutor general by Ukraine's parliament.
Before his appointment, Kravchenko was the head of the state tax administration and previously chaired the Kyiv region military administration.
Kravchenko was a key investigator of alleged Russian war crimes, including the atrocities in Bucha during the occupation.
The position had been vacant since October due to the resignation of Andriy Kostin, following a scandal involving officials receiving fake disability status.
Kravchenko was also a prosecutor in the treason case against Ukraine's ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
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