Oleg Ivaschenko has been appointed as the new Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service director, according to a decree signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Paralel.Az reports quoting TASS.

The post was previously held by Alexander Litvinenko, who was promoted to the post of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council secretary.

Prior to his appointment, Ivaschenko served as deputy head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Main Intelligence Directorate.