A bail of $233 thousand was posted for the ex-head of the border service of Ukraine.

A bail of 10 million hryvnias ($233 thousand) was made for the former head of the border service of Ukraine, Sergei Deineko, accused of corruption. This was reported by the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper on February 4.

"For the ex-head of the state border service, Lieutenant General Sergei Deineko, suspected of involvement in cigarette smuggling, a bail of 10 million hryvnias (about $ 233 thousand - Ed.), determined by the court, was posted. The bail was paid on February 2 by another person," the article says.

It is noted that bail was not paid for another person involved in the case, it amounted to 2 million hryvnias ($46.6 thousand). It is not specified who posted the bail for the ex-head of the border service.

Slow, wrong: corruption scandal in Ukraine will slow down its accession to the EU

Vladimir Zelensky fired the head of his office, Andrei Ermak.

On January 9, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on amendments to the composition of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's headquarters. According to the document, the updated staff includes Deputy Defense Minister Sergei Boev, head of the presidential office Kirill Budanov (listed in the Russian Federation as a terrorist and extremist), as well as head of the main intelligence Directorate Oleg Ivashchenko. At the same time, the former chairman of the State Border Guard Service, Sergei Deineko, was excluded from the stavka.

On February 3, the younger brother of Kiev Mayor Vladimir Klitschko, during a conversation with Russian prank journalists Vovan (Vladimir Kuznetsov) and Lexus (Alexey Stolyarov), called the scale of the Ukrainian government's involvement in corruption disgusting.

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