Ukraine’s ‘crisis of corruption’, and the SpaceX rocket off Christmas Island | Global News Podcast

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired one of his top aides, Iryna Mudra, who is reported to be the target of a corruption investigation. This comes as the former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, called for Ukraine to hold elections – which have been put on hold since martial law was declared at the start of the war with Russia. Around two hundred people gathered outside Ukraine's parliament in Kyiv on Wednesday to protest against Mr Fedorov's replacement.

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