Zelensky has emphasized that rooting out corruption is key to Ukraine's ambitions of joining NATO and the EU. As of 2021, Ukraine was the second most corrupt country in Europe. 20/
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Omega destroys Russian 2S19 Msta-S with FPV drone
⚡️The special unit of the National Guard of Ukraine 🇺🇦 "Omega" attacks the 🇷🇺Russian 152-mm self-propelled gun 2S19 "Msta-S" using an FPV kamikaze drone pic.twitter.com/CYwMVFIKsJ
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 4 septembre 2023The special unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, Omega, has destroyed a Russian 152-mm self-propelled gun 2S19 'Msta-S' using an FPV kamikaze drone.
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Kolomoisky arrested on fraud charges amid political timing
Nonetheless, the timing is interesting. This move comes at a time when one of Ukraine's most powerful oligarchs and a Zelensky supporter, Ihor Kolomoisky, was arrested on fraud charges. 19/
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Umierov submits resignation to the State Property Fund
The head of the State Property Fund, Rustem Umierov, submitted a resignation to the Verkhovna Rada. It will be considered at the next meeting. Umierov will become the new Minister of Defense, replacing Reznikov.
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Ukrainian Corruption Scandal: Food Procurement Contracts
What are the corruption scandals are about? They are not about weapons or ammunition. There have been two: in the winter, there was an accusation about inflated food prices in procurement contracts and conditions on the contracts that restrict entry and competition 7/
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Reznikov removal signals political accountability for corruption in defense procurement
Reznikov himself is considered to be clean from corruption but this removal might indicate his political accountability for continuing corruption scandals and the loss of trust by the civilian society in his ability to improve transparency and implement procurement reform 6/
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Reznikov removed over defense ministry corruption scandal
Reznikov's removal follows a series of corruption scandals involving the Ministry of Defense. Zelensky also kicked out senior officials earlier this year over a procurement scandal 5/
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23 of 32 Russian Shahed drones shot down
23 out of 32 Russian Shahed drones shot down over Ukraine during the last night. Official.
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Zelensky nominates Umerov to state position
Zelensky has nominated Rustem Umerov, a former people's deputy and currently the head of the state property fund, to fill in the position. Zelensky is confident that parliament will back Umerov up. 2/
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Zelenskyy announces replacement of Defense Minister Reznikov
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the replacement of Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov On 4 September, Reznikov submitted his resignation to the Verkhovna Rada