# Ukraine’s ‘crisis of corruption’, and the SpaceX rocket off Christmas Island | Global News Podcast

https://mins.news/en/video/26576

- BBC News, 2026-08-19 19:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6TWai1W4tA

> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed senior aide Iryna Mudra, reportedly a target of a corruption investigation. Former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for elections, which have been suspended since martial law was declared at the start of the war with Russia. About 200 people protested outside parliament in Kyiv against Fedorov’s replacement.

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