MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Alexander Litvinenko will replace Alexey Danilov as the new Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council secretary, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Zelensky.

"[I hereby decree] to dismiss Alexey Myacheslavovich Danilov from the post of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council secretary," the decree published on the president’s website said.

In his other decrees, Zelensky dismissed Litvinenko from the post of the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service director and appointed him as the new Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council secretary.

According to Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) lawmaker Alexey Goncharenko (listed as a terrorist and extremist by Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring), Danilov will now serve as Ukraine’s ambassador to Norway.

Litvinenko has been the director of the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service since July 23, 2021.

Danilov has been the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council secretary since October 2019. He is known for his provocative statements.