Key facts
- Anton Kovalskyi was appointed acting prosecutor general of Ukraine.
- Ruslan Kravchenko was removed as prosecutor general earlier this week.
- Kravchenko resigned last week amid an anti-corruption probe.
- Kravchenko has denied any involvement in the alleged corruption ring.
- Kravchenko accused NABU chief Semen Kryvonos of falsifying documents.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed Anton Kovalskyi as acting prosecutor general, a presidential decree showed on Thursday, September 17. Zelenskiy had removed former prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko by decree earlier this week, with lawmakers approving the decision in a vote on Tuesday.
Kovalskyi, 42, has headed the regional prosecutor's office in the Khmelnytskyi region since July 2025. Kravchenko resigned last week after a probe by anti-corruption bodies reached his office. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) alleged that Kravchenko's subordinate organized a ring to cover up call centers that defrauded Ukrainians and foreigners. Kravchenko has denied any involvement and has not been charged with a crime or named as a suspect.
In a separate development on Monday, Kravchenko accused NABU chief Semen Kryvonos of falsifying documents and carrying out the faked adoption of a child in 2009, stating that the agencies' probe was aimed at halting investigations into their own operations. NABU and SAPO have denied Kravchenko's claims.