Officials who recruited troops accepted bribes up to $10,000 to help people dodge the draft.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the actions "treason" and has initiated criminal proceedings.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired all of his nation's army recruitment directors after an investigation revealed widespread corruption.
In actions the Ukrainian president labeled "treason," the recruitment chiefs in charge of onboarding new soldiers who had been drafted instead accepted bribes to help men avoid conscription and escape the war-torn country, Zelenskyy said in a statement.
Regardless of whether they are facing criminal proceedings, the directors of every recruitment center have been dismissed and will be replaced with veterans of the war.
"This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery during war is treason," Zelenskyy said. »
