--- title: "Verkhovna Rada committee unanimously supports dismissal of Prosecutor General Kravchenko" description: "The Verkhovna Rada committee unanimously supported Zelensky's motion to dismiss Prosecutor General Kravchenko. The final decision will be made by parliament at the plenary session on September 15." date: 2026-09-14T11:02:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/vr-committee-supports-dismissal-of-prosecutor-general-kravchenko tags: [ukraine, prosecutor-general, kravchenko, zelensky, verkhovna-rada, nabu, sap] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Verkhovna Rada committee unanimously supports dismissal of Prosecutor General Kravchenko ![Speech at the Verkhovna Rada podium during the committee session on Prosecutor General Kravchenko's resignation](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/14/komitet-vr-podderzhala-otstavku-genprokurora-kravchenko/komitet-vr-podderzhala-otstavku-genprokurora-kravchenko-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement Activities unanimously supported the motion to dismiss Prosecutor General Kravchenko. - The final vote on the dismissal will take place at the plenary session on September 15. - The scandal began on September 4 with the NABU and SAP exposing the "protection" of call centers within the Office of the Prosecutor General. - On the night of September 14, Kravchenko left for Poland; the Presidential Office called this his uncoordinated personal initiative. The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement Activities unanimously supported President Volodymyr Zelensky's motion to dismiss Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko. This was announced by People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak, citing the results of the relevant committee's work. The decision was adopted without a single vote against, indicating a high degree of political consensus around the figure of the incumbent Prosecutor General. ### Timeline of the scandal: from "Carthage" to mutual accusations The crisis around the Office of the Prosecutor General had been building since early September. On September 4, the NABU and the SAP reported the exposure of a criminal organization within the Office of the Prosecutor General that, according to the investigation, "was protecting" a network of fraudulent call centers. At that time, Serhiy Kropyva, Deputy Head of the OPG's International Department, was detained. The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office sought a preventive measure of detention with a bail of 200 million hryvnias for him, but the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a softer measure — arrest with the possibility of bail in the amount of 120 million hryvnias. ### Contradictory data The positions of the parties on key episodes diverge. The Office of the Prosecutor General declared its readiness to cooperate with the investigation, but at the same time accused the detectives of having accessed materials unrelated to the subject of the investigation during the nighttime searches. Kravchenko himself refuted rumors about his "disappearance," assured that he was personally not involved in protecting the call centers, and on September 7 stated that the conversations recorded on the published footage "have nothing to do" with either him or the prosecutor's office. Against this backdrop, on September 14 the Prosecutor General, conversely, signed a suspicion against NABU Director Semen Kryvonos for document forgery and fictitious adoption of a child, and also brought a second suspicion against a person from the entourage of SAP Head Oleksandr Klymenko — which contradicts the narrative of the "cleanliness" of his department and simultaneously explains the sharp reaction from the Presidential Office. ### Departure abroad and the reaction of the Presidential Office In the morning of September 14, the same day Kravchenko signed the new suspicions, President Zelensky sent a motion to the Verkhovna Rada to dismiss the Prosecutor General. The President's representative in parliament, Halyna Mykhailiuk, was authorized to present the document in the plenary chamber. That same night, Kravchenko left Ukraine through a border crossing point on the border with Poland, calling the trip a business trip abroad. The Presidential Office described this initiative as the Prosecutor General's personal initiative, not coordinated with the Presidential Office. ### What's next: the plenary session on September 15 The final decision on the dismissal of the Prosecutor General will be made by parliament at the plenary session on September 15, when the deputies vote in the plenary chamber. According to media reports, the president currently has no agreed-upon candidates to replace Kravchenko, which makes the outcome of the vote and the subsequent personnel decisions a key issue in the coming days. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Verkhovna Rada committee supports motion to dismiss Prosecutor General](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/komitet-vr-pidtrimav-podannya-vidstavku-genprokurora-1789383435.html) - Основной источник: комитет единогласно поддержал представление, финальное голосование 15 сентября. - [What choice does the dismissal of Ukraine's Prosecutor General put Zelensky in](https://www.rbc.ru/politics/08/09/2026/6aa00b2e9a7947920daf2a56) - Контекст политических последствий отставки для президента. - [RBC-Ukraine: Zelensky has no candidates to replace the Prosecutor General](https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/28099659) - Отсутствие согласованных кандидатов на замену Кравченко. - [The "Carthage" case: does Prosecutor General Kravchenko face dismissal or prison](https://tsn.ua/ru/ukrayina/delo-karfagen-grozit-li-genprokuroru-kravchenko-otstavka-ili-tyurma-3163640.html) - Контекст дела и рисков для Кравченко. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: When will parliament finally decide on the dismissal of the Prosecutor General? **A:** At the plenary session on September 15, when the deputies vote in the plenary chamber. ### Q: What was the immediate reason for the motion to dismiss? **A:** President Zelensky's statement, sent on September 14, the same day Kravchenko signed suspicions against the NABU Director and a person from the entourage of the SAP Head. ### Q: Where did Kravchenko leave for and how did the Presidential Office comment on it? **A:** On the night of September 14, he left through the border crossing with Poland, calling it a business trip abroad; the Presidential Office called this his personal initiative, not coordinated with the Presidential Office.