KHARKIV, Feb 27 – Oleksiy Babych, the director of Kharkiv Morozov Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering, and Serhiy Filonenko, the director of Izium Instrument-Making Plant (Kharkiv region), have been removed from their positions.

"This decision was made by Pavlo Bukin, the director general of Ukroboronprom, due to the significant public outcry caused by the information promulgated by mass media and in order to ensure conditions for the relevant investigation by law enforcement agencies," the press service of Ukroboronprom reported.