Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenskyannounced this Friday the dismissal of all those responsible for the regional recruitment offices of Ukraine Due to the high number of cases of corruption in these types of centers.
“The system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery in wartime are treasonous,” he said. Zelensky through his channel Telegram.
The decision was made at a meeting of the National Security Council and Defense of Ukraine chaired by Zelensky and shall be implemented by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny.
The Ukrainian president explained in his message that corruption proceedings have currently been opened against 112 officers of these recruitment centers, while there are suspicions against 33 of them, according to data from the different security forces and the prosecutor’s office.
“Some accepted cash, others cryptocurrency, that’s the (only) difference. Cynicism is the same everywhere,” he denounced. Zelensky in a video message also broadcast through Telegram and promised that all those who have accepted bribes must bear “full responsibility” before justice.
The management of these offices should correspond in the future to “soldiers who have passed through the front or who cannot be in the trenches because they have lost their health, they have lost their limbs, but they have preserved their dignity,” said the Ukrainian president.
Before their appointment, the new officials will also be investigated by the Ukrainian security services.
In recent months, several cases of corruption have emerged in which those responsible for these centers have acquired luxury goods and properties thanks to the bribes paid by those who want get rid of compulsory military service.
The Vice Minister of Defense Oleksandr Pavluk announced on July 26 that the special team that is investigating these institutions -created in June by order of Zelensky– It has received more than 2,300 complaints for various types of irregularities.
On August 3, the Ukrainian president already harshly criticized the work of these offices, where, according to him, according to preliminary investigations, numerous cases of “disgusting” abuses have been detected.
