- Zelenskiy sacks military recruitment heads over frontline bribes scandal Archived Message
Posted by RaskolnikovX
on August 12, 2023, 4:21 pm
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LOL https://www.dumptheguardian.com/world/2023/aug/11/zelenskiy-sacks-all-military-recruitment-heads-over-frontline-bribes-scandal-ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced the dismissal of all the heads of Ukraine’s regional military recruitment centres in the latest drive to root out corruption after officials were accused of taking bribes from those seeking to avoid the frontlines. At a time when the country’s army is in need of new recruits, Ukraine’s president described the taking of cash from people who wanted to avoid conscription while others suffered as a form of treachery. “This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery during war is treason,” he said in a video statement. “Instead, soldiers who have experienced the front or who cannot be in the trenches because they have lost their health, lost their limbs, but have preserved their dignity and do not have cynicism, are the ones who can be entrusted with this system of recruitment.” Zelenskiy, who was elected in 2019 on a promise that he would clear up the country’s endemic corruption, has in recent months sought to personally and publicly challenge such practices. In January, he dismissed a minister, Vasyl Lozynsky, who was accused of embezzlement, and some within his closest circle departed the government. Last week he also decried the “revolting practices” of some involved in military recruitment after an official in the southern region of Odesa was inexplicably found to have acquired $5m in savings and a property in Spain. I should think he won't be too keen on people looking into properties given his large collection of real estate around the world. |
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