Ukraine deputy minister sacked for alleged theft of $400,000

Infrastructure deputy Vasyl Lozinskyi detained after allegedly siphoning money from winter aid budget

Ukraine's deputy infrastructure minister, Vasyl Lozinskyi, has been detained and dismissed from his post for allegedly stealing $400,000 (320,000) intended for purchasing aid, including generators, according to Ukraine's state anti-corruption detectives and prosecutors.

After the news emerged, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, vowed that the old ways of corruption would not return to Ukraine.

I want this to be clear: there will be no return to what used to be in the past, to the way various people close to state institutions or those who spent their entire lives chasing a chair [a state position] used to live," said Zelenskiy in his nightly address on Sunday without specifically mentioning the case.