Chief of the National Police of Ukraine Khatia Dekanoidze has dismissed Chief of the National Police in Mykolaiv region Vitaliy Honcharov.

"The situation is dynamic. After yesterday's statement [criticism by the Ukrainian president of the local police], Khatia Dekanoidze has dismissed chief police in Mykolaiv region Vitaliy Honcharov. The next [to be fired] is the local prosecutor," Presidential press secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

As was reported, while being on a working visit to Mykolaiv on June 15, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko criticized the local enforcement agencies' failure to fight corruption and demanded the dismissal of the local police chief and prosecutor. Poroshenko also informed that Mykolaiv State Administration head Vadym Merikov had tendered resignation after a conversation with the president.