The deputy head of Ukraine's presidential office quit after Zelenskyy pledged to launch a staff shake-up amid high-level corruption allegations
Tymoshenko last year was under investigation relating to his personal use of luxury cars. He was also among officials linked last September to the embezzlement of humanitarian aid worth more than $7 million earmarked for the southern Zaporizhzhia region.Zelenskyy vowed to drive out corrupt officials in comments on Sunday, when a deputy minister was dismissed for being part of a network embezzling budget funds.
In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s focus on the war would not stop his government from tackling corruption. Zelenskyy, who came to power in 2019 on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform, pointed to suspicions in the areas of energy and military procurement. He said he intended the deputy minister’s dismissal to send “a signal to all those whose actions or behavior violate the principle of justice.”Oleksandr Kubrakov, the infrastructure minister, said Lozynsky was relieved of his duties after Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency detained him while he was receiving a $400,000 bribe for helping to fix contracts related to restoring infrastructure facilities battered by Russian missile strikes.
A statement by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine described Lozynsky as part of “an organized criminal group involved in the embezzlement of budget funds.”More Must-Reads From TIME
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