The crooked recruiters have been accused of taking bribes from draft dodgers.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has fired all 33 heads of the regional military recruitment offices after they allegedly took bribes from people desperate to avoid going to war and other forms of graft.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that he has fired all heads of regional recruitment offices over allegations of widespread corruption. Zelensky urged any dismissed recruitment chiefs who are not being investigated for corruption at this time to head the front to fight for Ukraine “if they want to keep their epaulets and prove their dignity.”
Ukraine has made rooting out corruption a priority as it seeks membership of the European Union and has fired or prosecuted several top officials implicated in malfeasance.
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