Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacks senior aide amid Ukraine corruption crisis

Published August 19, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Presidential deputy chief of staff Iryna Mudra dismissed day after former defence minister called for wartime election

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior aide amid a fresh corruption investigation – one day after a former defence minister warned the country was facing “a crisis of governance” and needed to hold a wartime presidential election.

Details

Iryna Mudra, a presidential deputy chief of staff, was dismissed by decree after multiple reports in Ukrainian media that her house was being searched by officials investigating an alleged money-laundering scheme.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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