Ukraine raids home of billionaire in war-time anti-corruption crackdown


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Feb 2023

A car rides on an empty road near a frontline amid Russias attack on Ukraine in Donetsk region Ukraine January 29 2023. REUTERSViacheslav Ratynskyi

A car rides on an empty road near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

KYIV (Reuters) -Security services searched the home of one of Ukraine's most prominent billionaires on Wednesday, moving against a figure once seen as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's sponsor in what the authorities called a wartime anti-corruption purge.

The action, days before a summit with the European Union, appears to reflect determination by Kyiv to demonstrate that it can be a steward of billions of dollars in Western aid and shed a reputation as one of the world's most corrupt states.

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