Widespread Raids and Dismissals Within the Government

For several weeks, searches have been under way in Ukraine at the homes of oligarchs and top officials: Ihor Kolomoiskyi, Arsen Avakov, Oksana Dutii, Vadym Stolar, as well as officials of the Ministry of Defence, customs and the tax service. Some of them have already been dismissed from the civil service for large-scale embezzlement and corruption schemes.