Ukraine live: Zelensky fires deputy head of presidential office as corruption probe unfolds

President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Iryna Mudra as deputy head of his presidential office. According to a decree published on the presidential website, Mudra was let go on Wednesday.

Ukraine's anti-graft agencies have uncovered a money laundering group allegedly involving senior officials from Zelensky's office. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is conducting a special operation to expose a criminal organization led by a current and a former Ukrainian lawmaker.

The suspects, including a deputy head of the President's Office, a member of parliament, a former member of parliament, the CEO and supervisory board head at a state bank, are accused of laundering Hr 150 million ($3.4 million) posted as bail for a suspect in a separate corruption case, according to the NABU. Mudra is responsible for the judiciary and judicial reform at the President's Office, as per the Kyiv Independent.

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