Ukraine's Zelenskyy fires top officials amid corruption scandal

The wave of dismissals and resignations comes as some of Ukraine's top leaders were accused of buying military food at inflated prices and taking luxury holidays as their countrymen fight Russia's invasion.

Another sacked official, former Deputy Defense Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov, resigned after Ukrainian newspapers reported that he had purchased food for the military at prices inflated two or three times higher than in grocery stores.

The country's defense minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, said the inflated prices were due to a contractor mixing up data in a "technical error," claiming the reports of corruption were manipulating the facts