Senior Ukrainian officials step down amid corruption claims
2023-01-25 08:20:37 source：CGTN
January 24, 2023
Several senior Ukrainian officials stepped down on Tuesday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for "justice" amid high-level corruption allegations.
Five Ukrainian regional governors from Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Sumy and Kherson were dismissed on Tuesday, according to the Ukrainian government. It also approved the resignations of the deputy minister for communities and territories development and deputy minister of social policy.
"There are already personnel decisions – some today, some tomorrow – regarding officials at various levels in ministries and other central government structures, as well as in the regions and in law enforcement," Zelenskyy said in an overnight video address.
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