Pressure mounts as Ukraine anti-corruption raid hits Zelenskyy’s inner circle

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired deputy head Iryna Mudra after the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and SAP searched her workplace in a broader probe into an alleged criminal network tied to top officials. The operation, dubbed Forrest Gump, is alleged to have laundered about 150 million hryvnia through Sense Bank to bail former Energy Minister German Galushchenko, linked to last year’s $100 million Midas scandal. The moves come as Zelenskyy faces governance turmoil, calls for wartime elections, and increasing scrutiny of corruption within his administration; Mudra’s name was not directly cited in the NABU briefing, and recordings released by NABU feature a deputy head of the president’s office criticizing the fight against corruption.}