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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Kyiv

Zelenskiy sacks military recruitment heads over frontline bribes scandal

Volodymyr Zelenskiy sitting in a jet cockpit at the Day of the Air Force event in Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskiy at an event celebrating Ukraine’s air force. The system should be run by people ‘who know what war is’, he said. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced the dismissal of all the heads of Ukraine’s regional military recruitment centres in the latest drive to root out corruption after officials were accused of taking bribes from those seeking to avoid the frontlines.

At a time when the country’s army is in need of new recruits, Ukraine’s president described the taking of cash from people who wanted to avoid conscription while others suffered as a form of treachery.

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