PoliticsFresh Ukraine corruption probe adds pressure on Zelenskyy before key vote

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies opened an investigation into unnamed lawmakers and presidential advisers hours before parliament was due to vote on a new defence minister, increasing pressure on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ousted minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for a wartime presidential election. Russian attacks killed at least four people overnight, while Moscow said it downed 453 Ukrainian drones.

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