# Sacked Ukrainian defence minister tells BBC Zelensky should answer what he knew about corruption

https://mins.news/en/item/30325

- BBC Chinese, 2026-08-24 08:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c98053p64d5o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Sacked Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov told the BBC that President Volodymyr Zelensky should be questioned over whether, and how much, he knew about possible corruption in his inner circle. Fedorov renewed his call for wartime elections, while Zelensky warned that voting now could split Ukraine.

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