Zelensky explained the appointment of Petrov as the head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration

Zelensky stated that local smugglers are afraid of Petrov

This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky at a meeting with business in Khmelnytsky region, the RBC-Ukraine reported.

Oleksiy Petrov, an officer of the Security Service of Ukraine, was appointed the head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration because the region’s leadership are regularly "bribed and intimidated." Allegedly local smugglers are afraid of the new head.