{
  "id": 1913738,
  "title": "Zelensky fires deputy chief of staff amid corruption investigation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/zelensky-fires-deputy-chief-of-staff-amid-corruption-investigation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T10:27:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-fires-deputy-chief-of-staff-amid-corruption-investigation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired Deputy Chief of Staff Iryna Mudra following a corruption investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). The NABU is currently searching Mudra's premises and has accused her, along with other high-ranking Ukrainian officials, of laundering 150 million hryvnias ($3.4 million) intended as bail for a suspect in a separate corruption case. The suspects reportedly include a deputy head of the President's Office, a member of parliament, a former member of parliament, and the CEO and supervisory board head of Sense Bank. Mudra oversees the judiciary and judicial reform at the President's Office.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Ukraine live: Zelensky fires deputy head of presidential office as corruption probe unfolds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraine-live-zelensky-fires-deputy-head-of-presidential-office-as",
        "published": "2026-08-19T11:20:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}