# Sacked Ukrainian minister says Zelensky has questions to answer over corruption

https://mins.news/en/item/29659

- BBC News, 2026-08-23 08:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy4ypzvd7po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov told the BBC that corruption allegations in the government raise questions for President Volodymyr Zelensky about what he knew of possible wrongdoing in his inner circle. Fedorov also renewed calls for elections, while saying he had no evidence that Zelensky was personally corrupt. Elections have been suspended under martial law since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

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