Zelensky’s office faces corruption probe as sacked minister demands elections

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies have announced they are investigating senior officials in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, a day after the country’s recently sacked defence minister called for national elections despite the ongoing fight against Russia’s invasion.The revelation brought another test of Mr Zelensky’s political resilience as Ukraine’s war with its bigger neighbour stretches into its fifth year.Investigators are conducting an operation to expose a criminal organisation allegedly led by a sitting and a former legislator, involving senior officials from the presidential office and other individuals, according to a joint statement from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.Mykhailo Fedorov (Mykhailo Fedorov/AP)