Ukraine has an unlikely new political star. He is a gruff, plainspoken 58-year-old former veterinarian who wears ill-fitting suits and rarely cracks a smile. Yet over the last two months, Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, has become Ukraine’s most compelling voice for reform and justice.
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Oleksiy Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (RNBO), announces the council's decision to impose sanctions against Viktor Medvedchuk and his associates at a press briefing on Feb. 19, 2021.