Ukrainian parliament ousts prosecutor general

KIEV, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday voted to dismiss Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko from his post, the parliament's press service reported.

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko addresses a press conference in Kyiv on July 23, 2025. (File photo: AFP)

The motion, submitted by President Volodymyr Zelensky, received 317 votes in favor, with at least 226 required.

Kravchenko tendered his resignation last week after the National Anti-Corruption Bureau accused a deputy head of a department in the Prosecutor General's Office of leading a criminal organization. Kravchenko himself was not officially named as a suspect in the case.

Kravchenko had served as Ukraine's Prosecutor General since June 2025.