Zelenskyy Fires Slew of Top Officials, Cites Need to Clean up Ukraine

Zelenskyy Fires Slew of Top Officials, Cites Need to Clean up Ukraine
Deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko waits for the beginning of talks with the Russian delegation in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 29, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters
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KYIV—President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired a slew of senior officials on Tuesday in Ukraine’s biggest political shake-up of the war, saying he needed to clean up internal problems that were hurting the country.

A long-running battle against corruption in Ukraine is taking on vital significance as Russia’s invasion has made Kyiv heavily reliant on Western support and it pursues a bid to join the European Union.