Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows institutional “cleaning,” as part of his campaign to impress Western partners by showing Kiev has moved on from deep-rooted graft as fighting with Russia enters its 529th day Follow our live coverage👇
"Whoever a person is, a military commissar, a deputy, or an official, everyone must work only for the interests of the state," Zelenskyy said. / Photo: Reuters ArchiveUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has promised a fresh round of institutional"cleaning," a reference to his ongoing campaign to impress Western partners by showing Kiev has moved on from a history of deep-rooted graft.
"Next week will be a continuation of our work on cleaning state institutions of those who tried to drag from the past all those old habits, old schemes that weakened Ukraine for a very long time, for decades," he said in his nightlyHe has recently expressed indignation at corruption uncovered during an audit of Ukraine's military recruitment centres, but is anxious to root out graft in general as he presses to join NATO and the European Union.
On Saturday, he vowed"no more old formats" in Ukraine, where he said some sought to reap rewards by putting the state and others at their own service. "Whoever a person is, a military commissar, a deputy, or an official, everyone must work only for the interests of the state," he said.
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