Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacks senior aide amid Ukraine corruption crisis
Pesidential deputy chief of staff Iryna Mudra dismissed day after former defence minister called for wartime election
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior aide amid a fresh corruption investigation – one day after a former defence minister warned the country was facing “a crisis of governance” and https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/18/ukraines-dismissed-defence-minister-calls-for-wartime-presidential-election">needed to hold a wartime presidential election.
Iryna Mudra, a presidential deputy chief of staff, was dismissed by decree after multiple reports in Ukrainian media that her house was being searched by officials investigating an alleged money-laundering scheme.
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