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President of Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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After several corruption scandals in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced more decisive action against misconduct in the state apparatus.
"Society will get all the information, and the state will take the necessary powerful steps," said Zelenskyy in his evening video message.
Among other things, he informed that the detained Deputy Minister for Municipal, Territory and Infrastructure Development Vasyl Lozynskyi had been released.
According to the media, Losynskyj received a bribe of US$ 400,000 (around €368,000) for the purchase of generators to deal with the country's energy crisis.
Zelenskyj also reacted to reports about the overpriced purchase of food for soldiers.
Prices are said to have been paid three times higher than in retail.
Here, too, civil servants would have enriched themselves.
According to official information, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Resnikov is to be heard in front of the parliament in Kyiv.
Zelenskyi announced decisions for the coming week that have already been taken but have not yet been published to further combat corruption and enrichment in office.
"I'm grateful to the journalists who deal with the facts and create the whole picture," he said of the revelations.
He explained that while the main focus is on defending the country in the war against Russia, he is aware of the corruption problem.
Action must be taken for the sake of justice.
czl/dpa