Ukraine sacks army recruitment chiefs in anti-graft shakeup
www.reuters.com
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy broadened his battle against graft on Friday, firing all the heads of Ukraine's regional army recruitment centres as the war with Russia enters a critical stage.
  • possibly a cat@lemmy.ml
    52·
    1 year ago

    This happens all the time in war. It’s hardly noteworthy. It’s happening in Russia (firebombings of recruitment centers, too). The US had a million ways to dodge the Vietnam draft if you had money. In Ukraine it started well before the counter-offensive. When the corruption interlinks and makes a network, what can you do but fire (or in some countries execute) them all - and why is that supposed to be a bad thing? The other solution is to win the war, which I’m sure they’d be happy to do this very night if they could.

    • ElHexo [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      I agree, I don’t think it’s particularly noteworthy except for the fact it was all regional recruitment chiefs at once.

      This suggests either a high level of corruption (I don’t think it would be more than other places in the conditions) or a power play between elites in the military.

      Alternatively their allies have told them to do so.

      • possibly a cat@lemmy.ml
        7·
        1 year ago

        Yes, that bit is a little noteworthy. I kind of glossed over it, mostly because there aren’t that many heads of regions so it doesn’t take much for all of them to be corrupt. But it does stand out.