Ukraine Probes Employees In Zelensky's Office Over $3.4-Million Fraud
Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies are investigating senior officials in President Zelensky's office regarding a $3.4 million money laundering scheme. This probe adds to the political pressure on the administration amid ongoing war and previous high-level graft scandals.
Why it matters
Corruption investigations in wartime Ukraine impact international aid confidence and the country's EU membership aspirations.
Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies announced Wednesday that they are investigating senior officials in President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, a day after the country's recently fired defence minister called for national elections despite the ongoing fight against Russia's invasion.The revelation brought another test of Zelensky's political resilience as Ukraine's war with its bigger neighbour stretches into its fifth year.Inspectors identified a group of people who laundered 150 million hryvnias ($3.4 million) to pay bail for a defendant in a major corruption case last year, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau said.
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