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Ukraine Graft Raid Ups Pressure on Kyiv to Clean House

Ukraine Graft Raid Ups Pressure on Kyiv to Clean House

Bloomberg21-07-2025
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After a night marked by heavy Russian missile and drone attacks, Ukrainians awoke to learn that the state-security service was raiding premises of anti-graft officials, accusing them of cooperation with Moscow.
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