Serhiy Semochko, the former first deputy chief of the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service, has asked a court to reverse former President Petro Poroshenko’s decree on his discharge, the Ukrayinska Pravda online publication reported with reference to Semochko’s lawyer, Yuriy Bezuyevsky.

Semochko, who filed the suit on May 23, sees Poroshenko’s decree as unlawful and wants to be reinstated in his job, Bezuyevsky said.