Ukraine sacks army recruitment chiefs in anti-graft shakeup
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy broadened his battle against graft on Friday, firing all the heads of Ukraine's regional army recruitment centres as the war with Russia enters a critical stage.
  • possibly a cat@lemmy.ml
    52·
    1 year ago

    This happens all the time in war. It’s hardly noteworthy. It’s happening in Russia (firebombings of recruitment centers, too). The US had a million ways to dodge the Vietnam draft if you had money. In Ukraine it started well before the counter-offensive. When the corruption interlinks and makes a network, what can you do but fire (or in some countries execute) them all - and why is that supposed to be a bad thing? The other solution is to win the war, which I’m sure they’d be happy to do this very night if they could.

    • ElHexo [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      I agree, I don’t think it’s particularly noteworthy except for the fact it was all regional recruitment chiefs at once.

      This suggests either a high level of corruption (I don’t think it would be more than other places in the conditions) or a power play between elites in the military.

      Alternatively their allies have told them to do so.