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While Ukraine was at first quick to unite in the face of Russia's armed aggression, the climate of trust between officials and independent media seems to have seriously deteriorated over the last two years.
Media outlets organized with substantial funding and direction from the U.S. have supported censorship and disseminated disinformation.
Illia Vitiuk — the former cybersecurity chief of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) who was suspended from his post following an investigation into his personal finances — was formally dismissed by a presidential decree issued on May 1.
"(W)e call on authorities to establish systemic safeguards that prevent SBU officials from targeting journalists or other critics in retaliation for their work, and protect journalists who report on possible misconduct or crimes by SBU officials," the letter said.
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has initiated a pre-trial investigation into possible wrongdoing by former Kyiv Metro chief Viktor Brahinskyi, the NABU's Public Control Council reported on Facebook on April 11.