On Friday, a Ukrainian court ordered the detention of the Minister of Agriculture in the latest investigation into high-level corruption during the war against Russia.
The High Anti-Corruption Court decided that the Minister of Agriculture, Mikola Solski, should be kept in custody for 60 days, but he was released after paying a bail of 75 million hryvnias (1,77 million dollars), according to the announcement.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau suspects that Solski was at the head of an organized crime group that between 2017 and 2021 illegally acquired land worth 291 million hryvnias ($6,85 million) and attempted to obtain another land worth 190 million hryvnias ( 4,47 million dollars).
Ukraine is trying to eradicate the corruption that is chronic in that country. In the past two years, the defense minister, the chief prosecutor, the head of the intelligence service and other high-ranking officials have lost their jobs.
That has caused embarrassment and discomfort as Ukraine receives tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid to fight the Russian military, and the European Union and NATO have demanded anti-corruption measures before Kiev can realize its ambition to join the blocs.
While this is happening, Russia on the front, despite heavy losses, is taking control of small places in an effort to break deeper into eastern Ukraine, and the forces of Kiev are trying with all their might to turn it around, which for now looks uncertain - say British and American military experts.
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