The Council of Prosecutors of Ukraine has elected its chairman and his deputy at the planning meeting on Thursday. They are Kyiv prosecutor Valentyn Briantsev and Kharkiv region prosecutor Yuriy Kovalev.

"The planning meeting of the Council (...) on May 5 elected the Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian prosecutors among its members- the prosecutor in charge of Fiscal Service criminal proceedings in Kyiv Valentyn Briantsev, as well as his deputy Yuriy Kovalev, Kharkiv region prosecutor in charge of organized crime," the press service of General Prosecutor's Office reports.

The Council appointed Nikopol (Dnipretrovsk region) prosecutor Bohdan Chehyl as clerk.

"The Council has fulfilled its duties," the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) said.

The All Ukrainian Conference of Prosecutors on April 28 elected 11 representatives to the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission and Prosecutors Board, as per its quota.