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Amid Russia shelling, Zelenskyy seeks to strengthen ranks

FILE - Ivan Bakanov, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Ukrainian leaders are looking to strengthen their own ranks Monday, July 18, 2022 after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed from office some of his most prominent officials because of alleged “poor performance” over clearing their agencies of “collaborators and traitors.” Officials said Ukraine’s Security Service head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova face investigations into their conduct. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova meets US Attorney General Merrick Garland in Krakovets, at the Ukraine border with Poland, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Ukrainian leaders are looking to strengthen their own ranks Monday, July 18, 2022 after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed from office some of his most prominent officials because of alleged “poor performance” over clearing their agencies of “collaborators and traitors.” Officials said Ukraine’s Security Service head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova face investigations into their conduct. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) Men carry the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A gravedigger covers the coffin of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, after her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Relatives and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova meets US Attorney General Merrick Garland in Krakovets, at the Ukraine border with Poland, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Ukrainian leaders are looking to strengthen their own ranks Monday, July 18, 2022 after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed from office some of his most prominent officials because of alleged “poor performance” over clearing their agencies of “collaborators and traitors.” Officials said Ukraine’s Security Service head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova face investigations into their conduct. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) Men carry the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A gravedigger covers the coffin of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, after her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Relatives and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova meets US Attorney General Merrick Garland in Krakovets, at the Ukraine border with Poland, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Ukrainian leaders are looking to strengthen their own ranks Monday, July 18, 2022 after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed from office some of his most prominent officials because of alleged “poor performance” over clearing their agencies of “collaborators and traitors.” Officials said Ukraine’s Security Service head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova face investigations into their conduct. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) Men carry the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A gravedigger covers the coffin of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, after her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Relatives and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova meets US Attorney General Merrick Garland in Krakovets, at the Ukraine border with Poland, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Ukrainian leaders are looking to strengthen their own ranks Monday, July 18, 2022 after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed from office some of his most prominent officials because of alleged “poor performance” over clearing their agencies of “collaborators and traitors.” Officials said Ukraine’s Security Service head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova face investigations into their conduct. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) Men carry the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A gravedigger covers the coffin of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, after her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Relatives and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova meets US Attorney General Merrick Garland in Krakovets, at the Ukraine border with Poland, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Ukrainian leaders are looking to strengthen their own ranks Monday, July 18, 2022 after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed from office some of his most prominent officials because of alleged “poor performance” over clearing their agencies of “collaborators and traitors.” Officials said Ukraine’s Security Service head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova face investigations into their conduct. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) Men carry the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A gravedigger covers the coffin of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, after her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Relatives and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova meets US Attorney General Merrick Garland in Krakovets, at the Ukraine border with Poland, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Ukrainian leaders are looking to strengthen their own ranks Monday, July 18, 2022 after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed from office some of his most prominent officials because of alleged “poor performance” over clearing their agencies of “collaborators and traitors.” Officials said Ukraine’s Security Service head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova face investigations into their conduct. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) Men carry the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A gravedigger covers the coffin of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, after her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Relatives and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova meets US Attorney General Merrick Garland in Krakovets, at the Ukraine border with Poland, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Ukrainian leaders are looking to strengthen their own ranks Monday, July 18, 2022 after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed from office some of his most prominent officials because of alleged “poor performance” over clearing their agencies of “collaborators and traitors.” Officials said Ukraine’s Security Service head Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova face investigations into their conduct. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) Men carry the lifeless body of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) A gravedigger covers the coffin of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, after her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Relatives and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Soldiers fold a Ukrainian flag on the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle, during his funeral at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Relatives mourn at the coffin of a soldier, codename Fanat, killed by the Russian troops in a battle during a ceremony at St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Amid Russia shelling, Zelenskyy seeks to strengthen ranks