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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Vasyl Burba, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR).

The relevant Decree (No. 307/2020) was signed on Wednesday, August 5,

On the same day, with Decree No. 308/2020, the head of state appointed a new GRU chief, Kyrylo Budanov.

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Vasyl Burba took the GUR helm on October 15, 2016, after being appointed by the then President Petro Poroshenko's Decree.

As UNIAN reported earlier, on June 5, Volodymyr Zelensky appointed a new head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Valeriy Kondratiuk, after dismissing Valeriy Yevdokimov.

In a  recent op-ed Kondratiuk penned for ZN.ua, he said Russia could go for another military incursion in Ukraine.

The Kremlin views its army as a tool to satisfy foreign policy ambitions, so issuing an order to invade another state is only a matter of time and opportunity for Moscow, he wrote.