The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) did not check the Chief of Staff of the Unmanned Systems Forces Roman Gladkyi before his appointment.
The press service of the department reported this to Obshchestvenny and LIGA.net.
According to the law, the Chief of Staff of the Unmanned Systems Forces Command is appointed by decree by the Minister of Defense upon the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This procedure does not require additional checks or approvals from the SBU.
This is an internal personnel decision of the Armed Forces leadership, the SBU press service emphasized.
On September 2, a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence was held. In particular, the appointment of Gladky was considered there.
At this meeting, the commander of the SBS Vadim Sukharevsky assured that no one had put pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces to appoint this particular chief.
And the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, noted that he is not against a re-check of Gladky, and emphasized that he passed all the necessary checks before his appointment and has important experience, among other things. He was in the position of Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces when he was sent for training to Canada.
After the meeting of the Security Committee on September 2, MP Solomiya Bobrovska said in a comment to the Public that the committee had decided to contact the SBU to check Gladkyi.
In particular, to find out whether his wife has a Russian passport and whether it is true that his daughter competed under the flag of the Russian FSB at sports competitions.
Gladkiy has been in office for about a month; he was appointed by order of the Minister of Defense on July 25.
Since July 2016, Gladkiy served as chief of staff and first deputy commander of the Ukrainian Naval Armed Forces. In 2018, he was dismissed due to “improper performance of official duties.” In December 2020, he was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Joint Forces Operation Command.
The day before, a number of media outlets spread information that Gladkiy could have previously been suspected of treason and corruption.
The Command of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote that Gladkyi had passed all the necessary checks by the Security Service of Ukraine. He is an officer with many years of experience in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has the appropriate military education and significant experience in leadership positions in the Armed Forces.
Source: Racurs
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