Vasyl Malyuk resigned as head of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) on January 5, 2026, following pressure from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, despite support from top military commanders, according to a militaryland.net report shared by @SashoTodorov1 during the 29-minute window from 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. UTC. Malyuk agreed to step down but will be retained to oversee the SBU's external operations against Russia, where he achieved success, as stated by @SashoTodorov1 commenting on the militaryland.net details in the same period. In a separate development, Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Paris tomorrow for a leaders summit on security guarantees for Ukraine, a White House official told @NewsNation, according to @LibbeyDean_ during the 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. UTC window.
