The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, announced this Friday the dismissal of all those responsible for the country's regional recruitment offices due to the high number of cases of corruption in these types of centers.

“The system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery in wartime are treasonous,” Zelensky said on his Telegram channel.

The decision was made at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine chaired by Zelensky and must be implemented by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny.

The Ukrainian president explained in his message that corruption proceedings have currently been opened against 112 officers from these recruitment centers, while there are suspicions against 33 of them, according to data from the different security forces and the prosecutor's office.

“Some accepted cash, others cryptocurrency, that's the (only) difference