Zelensky Sacks Six Deputy Defense Ministers Amid Corruption Scandals – IOTW Report

Zelensky Sacks Six Deputy Defense Ministers Amid Corruption Scandals

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Six Ukrainian deputy defense ministers were fired Monday following the dismissal two weeks ago of Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in a corruption scandal, officials said, as heavy fighting continued in the east.

Deputy defense ministers including Hanna Maliar, Vitalii Deyneha and Denys Sharapov, as well as the state secretary of the Ministry of Defense, Kostiantyn Vashchenko, were fired, according to the Telegram account of Taras Melnychuk, permanent representative of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Melnychuk provided no explanation of the firings, but the government has been investigating accusations of corruption in the military related to purchasing equipment. Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker who took over as defense minister, did not immediately issue a statement.

Reznikov was removed earlier this month after a scandal involving the defense ministry´s procurement of military jackets at three times their cost. Reznikov denied the allegations but resigned. more

12 Comments on Zelensky Sacks Six Deputy Defense Ministers Amid Corruption Scandals

  1. Yeah… Absolutely no more corruption left in Zelensky’s demoncratic regime.

    What’s this the fourth or fifth round in his cleanup routines?

    More likely they were threatening to spill the beans on Zelensky’s shenanigans.

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  2. Zelensky is a lmngtime known racist against blacks and ethnic groups. Small potatoes news media such as THE NYPOST has aligned with Aryan Nations Joe Biden, elitists, segregationists, globalists, the health-medical cartels, and numerous other swamp dwellers against all conservatives and decent people who are against the sinister goings-on of this bogus and fraudulent admin. NYPOST is NOT a conservative media as they claim and will often applaud the efforts of ZooLensky as well as consistantly trash President Trump.

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  3. Zelensky is a longtime known racist against blacks and ethnic groups. Small potatoes news media such as THE NYPOST has aligned with Aryan Nations Joe Biden, elitists, segregationists, globalists, the health-medical cartels, and numerous other swamp dwellers against all conservatives and decent people who are against the sinister goings-on of this bogus and fraudulent admin. NYPOST is NOT a conservative media as they claim and will often applaud the efforts of ZooLensky as well as consistantly trash President Trump.

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  4. Q: When will Putin assassinate Zelinsky?
    A: The day trump is sworn in. Putin will then know the bankruptcy of America thru endless billions to Ukraine will finally stop. He won’t need Z alive then

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  5. Hey look, squirrel! This is all for show. These were people they wanted out anyway and whatever corruption they were accused of pales in comparison to the corruption that they know continues.

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  6. Biden said, I told Zelensky if he didn’t fire these deputy defense ministers before he came to the whitehouse, I would hold up the $25 Billion I promised him.
    Well, son-of-a-bitch, Zelensky fired them.
    SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

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