Ukrainian media: Several Ukrainian officials resigned (Ukrainian News)

According to Ukrainian media reports on 23rd local time, Deputy Attorney General Simonenko of Ukraine, Deputy Director Tymoshenko of the Office of the President of Ukraine, and heads of Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporoze, Kherson and Sumeizhou submitted resignation applications. It is said that the resignation is related to many corruption cases recently exposed in Ukraine.

According to CCTV news, on the 22nd, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced that

Lozinschi, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes.

According to the announcement, in the summer of 222, the Ukrainian government allocated 1.68 billion Grivner to purchase emergency equipment, including generators, and several officials of the Ukrainian government colluded with middlemen,

signing a purchase contract at a price exceeding the normal 28 million Grivner and trying to keep this part of the funds for themselves. Lozinschi was involved in part of the fake transaction and was caught red-handed when he accepted a bribe of $4,.

Ukrainian President Zelensky stressed in his regular video speech that he would announce the relevant decision on the Lozinschi case later. He also pointed out that reports on Ukrainian military procurement will also be investigated.

Earlier, Ukrainian media reported that officials of Ukraine's Ministry of National Defense pocketed food for the army at inflated prices.

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online celebrity, an adviser to the Ukrainian President's Office, resigned: accused of "saying something wrong", he predicted the time of the Ukrainian counterattack many times

It is reported that Liesto, an adviser to the Ukrainian President's Office, said that he had submitted his resignation application. Because of his "slip of the tongue" in the "residential building explosion in Dnieper", he said that the partial collapse of a residential building in this area on the 14th was caused by Ukrainian anti-missile weapons intercepting Russian missiles, and he attracted many accusations.

It is reported that the explosion has caused more than 4 deaths. It has been reported that this is one of the most serious civilian deaths in non-frontline areas since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

On the evening of 14th, Liesto said in a video program that a Russian missile was shot down by Ukrainian air defense system and landed in a house in Dnieper, causing civilian casualties. On that day's program, Liesto said that he got the news from a familiar military expert, who said that he heard the explosion of intercepting missiles on the day of the incident. It is worth mentioning that the Ukrainian Ministry of National Defense has always denied anything to do with this matter, and claimed that it has no ability to intercept Russian Kh-22 missiles. When answering a reporter's question, peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, said that he drew attention to the Ukrainian representative's statement that Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles caused the entrance of the residential building to collapse.

It is reported that the Ukrainian President's Office has accepted Liesto's resignation application.

From "online celebrity" to the political center of Ukraine,

The time of Uzbekistan's counterattack has been predicted many times

Data map of Liesto

In December, 22, Liesto was taken under the command of Andrei Giermark, director of the Office of the President of Ukraine, and became a freelance consultant for the communication of national defense and security strategy. After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, Liesto, an adviser to the President's Office, frequently appeared in people's sight, and attracted great attention with his "bold" remarks.

It is reported that in April last year, when both the White House and the Pentagon refused to comment on the visit to Kiev, Liesto announced the arrival of US Secretary of State Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Austin in Kiev on social platforms. In May of the same year, Liesto also hinted that the Ukrainian army might launch a large-scale counterattack against the Russian army before the end of June. This is not the first time that it has predicted a large-scale counterattack in Ukraine. According to reports, he claimed in March that the conflict would end in early May, "when Russia will run out of resources." At the end of April, he said that the counterattack might take place in early June and linked the action with Western weapons support. On May 1, he even predicted that the Russian army in eastern Ukraine might be "completely defeated" on Victory Day on May 9. At the end of December last year, he also confirmed the attempted assassination of gerasimov, chief of staff of the Russian armed forces.

Before becoming a consultant in the President's Office, Liesto was an active self-media blogger, with over one million fans on various social platforms. In a survey in 219, he was even ranked among the "Top 1 Ukrainian bloggers". It is understood that he will often discuss conflict-related issues through his social platform. It has been reported that, unlike other Ukrainian officials, he spoke Russian instead of Ukrainian. In fact, Liesto has a certain military background. It is reported that he graduated from Odessa Military Academy with a diploma in military translation and worked in the Ukrainian intelligence department from 1994 to 25.

the relationship with Zelensky will not change, and

it will start a political career?

After resigning, Liesto said that his relationship with President Zelensky would not change at least during the "Special Action". He stressed that there is no contradiction with Zelensky, and he will not feel uneasy because of his resignation.

marat Bashirov, a Russian political analyst, believes that Liesto's resignation may mark the beginning of his political career. Zelensky's office may find it "difficult to shut him up" and claim that Liesto has British intelligence as a "backer".

just as Liesto resigned, Russia and Ukraine were still in a stalemate. According to CCTV news reports, on the 17th local time, the early warning aircraft dispatched by NATO from Germany arrived in Romania, a NATO ally and bordering Ukraine. NATO has previously issued a statement saying that it is used to "monitor Russian military activities" and will stay in Romania for several weeks. The Russian side also said that it will make large-scale adjustments.

it is reported that Russian defense minister shoigu said on the 17th that plans such as large-scale adjustment of Russian armed forces, increase in numbers and adjustment of military administrative divisions will be implemented from 223 to 226, in which the total strength of Russian troops will be expanded to 1.5 million.