Petro Zyma

Colonel Petro Anatoliyvich Zyma^[5] (Ukrainian: Петро Анатолійович Зима; born in 18 January 1970), is a government official who served as a chief of the Security Service of Ukraine in Sevastopol from 2012 until the Russian annexation of Crimea in February 2014.^[6][7][8]

Petro Zyma
Петро Зима
Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine in Sevastopol
In office 12 October 2012[1] – 3 March 2014[2]
Personal details
Born	Petro Anatoliyovich Zima (1970-01-18) 18 January 1970 (age 55)[3] Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Soviet Union[4]
Citizenship	Ukraine (until 2014) Russia (since 2014)
Occupation	Security officer of the SBU

On 3 March, he was officially dismissed by acting President Oleksandr Turchynov,^[9] thus immediately defecting to Russia, becoming an employee of the Federal Security Service, as of 2015.^[10]

Besides being accused of treason, Zyma is under suspicion of involvement in killing civilians during the Euromaidan events in February 2014.^[11][7]

Sanctions

He is sanctioned primarily by the European Union,^[12] the United States, Canada in 2014, and later by Ukraine in 2021.^[13]