Zelenskiy sacks military recruitment heads over frontline bribes scandal
by Daniel Boffey in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#6DRXW)
Ukrainian president describes taking of cash from people who want to avoid conscription as form of treachery
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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