Two members of the supervisory board of Ukrainian power grid operator Ukrenergo resigned to protest what they called the "politically motivated" dismissal of CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi.
The two board members, Daniel Dobbeni and Peder Andreasen, had opposed the dismissal in the board's 4-2 vote earlier this week, which followed disputes with the government over issues including the alleged inadequacy of protective structures around key facilities.
"We strongly believe that the decision on the early dismissal of the CEO of Ukrenergo is politically motivated," the pair said in their joint resignation letter, published on Ukrenergo's Telegram channel. "Based on the results of the presented report, there are no valid grounds for it."
According to his LinkedIn profile, Dobbeni is also managing director at energy industry consultancy ETHAN SPRL-BVBA. Andreasen, based in Denmark, is CEO of green energy firm Energinet.dk.
The European Union, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation had sent a letter to the government opposing plans to dismiss Kudrytskyi, which had been rumored as early as last week, said, Inna Sovsun, another lawmaker, reported The New Voice of Ukraine newspaper.
