a few hours later President Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday launched a series of anti-corruption searches across the country, according to the majority leader in the country’s parliament.
David Arakhamia announced on Telegram that the authorities are conducting a “spring sweep operation instead of a seeding campaign”.
Along with “a series of covert investigative actions,” Arakhamia said that property searches were conducted against former Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, businessman Ihor Kolomoisky and politician Vadim Stolar.
He said that “full control of the customs authority” had been removed, there had been “searches at the State Tax Service” and that the authorities had sent “notices of suspicion to the authorities”. senior officials of the Ministry of Defense.”
“The country will change in war,” he said. “If someone is not ready for change, the state will come and help them change.”
Zelensky announced on Tuesday that his administration is prepare to introduce changes ahead of talks between Kiev and the European Union scheduled for Friday.
“We are preparing new reforms in Ukraine. Reforms will change the social, legal and political reality in many ways, making it more human, transparent and effective,” Zelensky said. in a video speech and added that further details will be announced at a press conference. next day.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced the “summit” earlier on Tuesday but did not provide details on who would attend.
Shmyhal told Politico in an interview published Monday that Ukraine, which was granted EU candidate status last June, has an “ambitious plan” to join the bloc within within the next two years.
