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Senior Ukrainian officials resign amid corruption crackdown

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks via video link during a meeting of defence ministers at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on January 20, 2023. © Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, Reuters

The deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office quit Tuesday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to launch a staff shake-up amid high-level corruption allegations during the war with Russia.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko asked to be relieved of his duties, according to an online copy of a decree signed by Zelenskyy and Tymoshenko’s own social media posts.

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