- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that military officials in charge of recruitment would be replaced with wounded war veterans after allegations of corruption in recruitment. On Friday, the National Security and Defense Council met to assess the results of an investigation into corruption allegations. The council said that combat officers would have to be checked by the SBU, Ukraine's intelligence service, to take positions on military commissions. "The Prosecutor General's Office, together with the NACP and the SBI [State Bureau of Investigation], is still recommended to take additional measures to counteract the commission of corruption offenses," the Presidential Office said of the meeting. Last week Zelensky denounced corruption after a military official charged with recruitment in the Odessa administrative region, Yevhen Borisov, was found to have a $5 million in assets in Spain. Borisov's mother allegedly registered a residence worth at least $3 million and a Mercedes worth about $100,000, along with other properties. "Corruption in military recruiting will be eliminated. The heads of all regional recruitment centers will be fired and replaced by brave warriors who have lost their health on the frontlines but maintained their dignity. The decision was approved at today's NSDC [National Security and Defense Council] meeting," Zelensky tweeted Friday. "In total, there are already 112 criminal proceedings against officials of the territorial recruitment centers, 33 suspects. Regional, city and district "military commissars," employees of the military medical commissions, other official's abuses in different regions: Donetsk, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odessa, Kyiv, Lviv. Some took cash, some took cryptocurrency -- that's the only difference," Zelensky said in a short clip posted along with his tweet. "The cynicism is the same everywhere. Illegal enrichment, legalization of illegally obtained funds, illegal benefit, illegal transportation of personas liable for military service across the border," Zelensky continued. Separately, an investigation by the Ukrainian website ZN.ua found that the Ministry of Defense had significantly overpaid for military clothing, including summer camouflage and winter coats, in one case paying $421,000 for jackets that should have cost about $142,000. "Our decisions are the following. We are dismissing all regional 'military commissars.' This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery during war is treason," Zelensky said. "Instead, soldiers who have experienced the front or who cannot be in the trenches because they have lost their health, lost their limbs, but have preserved their dignity and do not have cynicism, are the ones who can be entrusted with this system of recruitment," Zelensky said.
On Friday, the National Security and Defense Council met to assess the results of an investigation into corruption allegations. The council said that combat officers would have to be checked by the SBU, Ukraine's intelligence service, to take positions on military commissions.
"The Prosecutor General's Office, together with the NACP and the SBI [State Bureau of Investigation], is still recommended to take additional measures to counteract the commission of corruption offenses," the Presidential Office said of the meeting.
Last week Zelensky denounced corruption after a military official charged with recruitment in the Odessa administrative region, Yevhen Borisov, was found to have a $5 million in assets in Spain.
Borisov's mother allegedly registered a residence worth at least $3 million and a Mercedes worth about $100,000, along with other properties.
"Corruption in military recruiting will be eliminated. The heads of all regional recruitment centers will be fired and replaced by brave warriors who have lost their health on the frontlines but maintained their dignity. The decision was approved at today's NSDC [National Security and Defense Council] meeting," Zelensky tweeted Friday.
"In total, there are already 112 criminal proceedings against officials of the territorial recruitment centers, 33 suspects. Regional, city and district "military commissars," employees of the military medical commissions, other official's abuses in different regions: Donetsk, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odessa, Kyiv, Lviv. Some took cash, some took cryptocurrency -- that's the only difference," Zelensky said in a short clip posted along with his tweet.
"The cynicism is the same everywhere. Illegal enrichment, legalization of illegally obtained funds, illegal benefit, illegal transportation of personas liable for military service across the border," Zelensky continued.
Separately, an investigation by the Ukrainian website ZN.ua found that the Ministry of Defense had significantly overpaid for military clothing, including summer camouflage and winter coats, in one case paying $421,000 for jackets that should have cost about $142,000.
"Our decisions are the following. We are dismissing all regional 'military commissars.' This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery during war is treason," Zelensky said.
"Instead, soldiers who have experienced the front or who cannot be in the trenches because they have lost their health, lost their limbs, but have preserved their dignity and do not have cynicism, are the ones who can be entrusted with this system of recruitment," Zelensky said.
Este artículo habla sobre el presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelensky que anunció el viernes que los oficiales militares a cargo de la reclutamiento serían reemplazados por veteranos heridos de guerra después de las acusaciones de corrupción en la reclutamiento. La Oficina del Fiscal General, junto con la NACP y la SBI, recomendaron tomar medidas adicionales para contrarrestar la comisión de delitos de corrupción. La semana pasada, Zelensky condenó la corrupción después de que se descubrió que un oficial militar a cargo de la reclutamiento en la región administrativa de Odessa, Yevhen Borisov, tenía $5 millones en activos en España.
La madre de Borisov supuestamente registró una residencia de al menos $3 millones y un Mercedes valorado en alrededor de $100,000, junto con otros bienes. Las cabezas de todos los centros de reclutamiento regionales serán despedidas y reemplazadas por guerreros valientes que han perdido su salud en las líneas de frente pero mantienen su dignidad.
Comparado con los últimos 25 años, esto es diferente porque Zelensky está trabajando para contrarrestar la corrupción en la reclutamiento militar, al despedir a los oficiales y reemplazarlos con veteranos heridos. Esto también es diferente porque Zelensky no solo está despediendo a los oficiales, sino que está tomando medidas para asegurar que no vuelvan a suceder los delitos de corrupción.
Preguntas:
1. ¿Qué medidas adicionales está tomando la Oficina del Fiscal General para contrarrestar la comisión de delitos de corrupción?
2. ¿Cuáles son los bienes y propiedades que supuestamente se registraron a nombre de la madre de Borisov?
3. ¿Cómo está Zelensky trabajando para contrarrestar la corrupción en la reclutamiento militar?
4. ¿Qué recursos está utilizando Zelensky para asegurar que los delitos de corrupción no vuelvan a suceder?
5. ¿Cuáles son los delitos de corrupción que se están investigando en diferentes regiones de Ucrania?