Zelensky Dismisses Deputy Chief of Staff Under Investigation Over Suspected Laundering of $3.4 Million

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed his deputy chief of staff, Iryna Mudra, on the same day that Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) conducted searches at the senior official’s premises.

NABU said earlier that it had launched a “special operation to uncover a criminal organization allegedly led by a current Ukrainian lawmaker and a former lawmaker, and involving senior officials in the Presidential Administration.” A Ukrainian source familiar with the investigation told the Kyiv Independent that Iryna Mudra is also among the authorities’ targets.

The anti-corruption agency later released further details about the case, stating that those under investigation are suspected of laundering 150 million hryvnias, an amount estimated at around $3.4 million.

According to NABU investigators, the sum had been posted as bail for a suspect in another corruption case.

Those suspected of involvement include a former deputy head of the Presidential Administration, a current lawmaker and a former lawmaker, along with the chief executive and the chair of the supervisory board of the state-owned Sense Bank.

During her tenure in Ukraine’s Presidential Administration, Mudra oversaw justice issues and judicial reform.