Ukraine's prosecutor's office announced that law enforcement authorities had detained a of the four deputy ministers of energy, as well as other persons, while receiving a bribe in the amount of 500 thousand US dollars, writes the “Reuters“ agency.
This is another case of corruption in Ukraine, which in 2022 was attacked by the Russian army. The country continues to fight against corrupt officials in state structures.
In the course of the investigation, it was established that the suspects organized a scheme to smuggle mining equipment belonging to a state-owned coal mining enterprise from the combat zone in Ukraine's Donetsk region, the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine announced.
In recent years, the authorities have fired some employees in various structures because of accusations of corruption.