Ukraine shakes up wartime leadership amid corruption allegations

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Among Ukrainian officials who resigned or were dismissed on Tuesday were the governors of the Kyiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. A deputy defence minister, a deputy prosecutor, a deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office and two deputy ministers responsible for regional development were among the others who left. A Ukrainian soldier looks out of an APC during combat training in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The Defence Ministry said Deputy Defence Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov, responsible for supplying troops, had resigned to retain trust after what it called untrue media accusations of corruption. The chief of staff of Germany's military said that whether to send tanks was a political decision.
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