{
  "id": 1920843,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T11:20:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260819-ukraine-live-zelensky-fires-deputy-head-of-presidential-office-as-corruption-probe-unfolds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nUkraine'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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-19T10:27:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}