# Zelenskyy sacks senior aide amid Ukraine corruption crisis

https://mins.news/en/item/26477

- The Guardian, 2026-08-19 17:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/volodymyr-zelenskyy-sacks-senior-aide-amid-ukraine-corruption-crisis

> Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dismissed presidential deputy chief of staff Iryna Mudra by decree amid reports that officials investigating an alleged money-laundering scheme had searched her home. The move came a day after former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Ukraine faced a “crisis of governance” and called for a wartime presidential election.

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