KYIV, Aug 12 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has recommended that heads of the Main Department of the National Police and the SBU Security Service's Directorate in Zhytomyr region tender resignations over illegal amber mining.

"I don't believe you, I'll talk to [your] chief, and I also highly recommend you step down. I'll talk to Mr. Avakov [Minister of the Interior Arsen Avakov] and Mr. Knyazev [National Police Chief Serhiy Knyazev] ... I don't believe you, because over four years you say that you have put an end to [illegal mining of amber in the region], but we have economic conclusions: to what did you put an end here, who has ended it? (...) Maybe you ... weren't part of the scheme, but you were unable to do anything about 'amber piracy' in Zhytomyr region," Zelensky told the head of the Main Department of the National Police in Zhytomyr region during a visit to the region on Monday.