KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a television interview shared on his Telegram channel on Sunday (Aug 27) that he would ask parliament in the coming week to increase penalties for those found guilty of corruption during wartime. 'I have set a task for the legislation and the Ukrainian
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a television interview shared on his Telegram channel on Sunday that he would ask parliament in the coming week to increase penalties for those found guilty of corruption during wartime.
"I think the parliament will get it in the next week and then the ball is in the parliament's court," he added. A series of government shake-ups over corruption included Zelenskyy's dismissal this month of all the regional military recruitment chiefs after a nationwide audit.
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