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In Ukraine, a scandal is making headlines.
In the midst of a Russian invasion, many prominent Ukrainian officials announced their resignation on Tuesday (January 24) in response to news reports concerning purported procurement of supplies for the army at inflated costs. Vyacheslav Shapovalov, the deputy defense minister, who oversaw the military's logistical assistance, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the presidential administration, and Oleksiy Symonenko, the deputy prosecutor general, are among the officials who have resigned.
As the nation struggles with widespread power outages as a result of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, authorities fired Vassyl Lozynsky, the deputy minister of infrastructure for Ukraine, on the suspicion that he accepted a $400,000 bribe to facilitate the purchase of generators at inflated prices.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, one of the president's few allies after Volodymyr Zelensky's victory in 2019 and the person in charge of overseeing projects for the rebuilding of infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks in particular, was involved in a number of controversies both during and before the invasion. In particular, he was charged in October of using a General Motors-donated all-terrain vehicle for humanitarian purposes. Following these disclosures, Kyrylo Tymoshenko made a statement stating that the truck will be moved to a location near the front lines.
Oleksiy Symonenko was accused of traveling to Spain lately by the popular Ukrainian media site Ukranska Pravda, despite the fact that Ukrainian males of fighting age are often not allowed to go overseas unless it is for business. He reportedly departed with a bodyguard from the Ukrainian billionaire and was riding in his car, according to the media. A number of Ukrainian officials announced their resignations from their positions on Monday night, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Ukrainian government stated on Tuesday that five regional governors and four deputy ministers had also been fired from their positions. The governors of the provinces of Dnipropetrovsk (center), Zaporijia (south), Sumy (north), Kherson (south), and the capital Kiev will step down, according to Taras Melnytchouk, the government's envoy to Parliament. The deputy ministers for territorial development, social policy, and the departments of defense and social policy have all been fired.
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