All the changes regarding Bakanov’s affiliation with the SBU and law enforcement have taken place over the past two years. Even the rank of lieutenant was not awarded to Bakanov until 2019. As already mentioned, a number of factors and circumstances point to Bakanov’s low level of professionalism. For example, one of the brightest moments when Bakanov showed his attitude to the safety of Ukrainians was the case of the 2020 hostage-taking in Lutsk. The whole country watched as an armed criminal held hostages and threatened to detonate explosives, but despite the tension of the situation, which eventually ended safely, the head of the SBU Bakanov did not even consider it necessary to go to the scene! As a result of this attitude to his duties, members of the public appealed to the President of Ukraine to replace Bakanov as head of the SBU.