KIEV, Ukraine - The U.S. ambassador to Kyiv directed unusually scathing criticism at the Ukrainian government in remarks released Wednesday, urging authorities to replace a senior anti-corruption official and tackle the country’s corruption problem. In this file photo dated Aug. 16, 2016, Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytsky speaks to The Associated Press in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. In a speech Tuesday March 5, 2019, U.S. ambassador in Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch has called on Kiev to replace senior anti-corruption official Kholodnytsky. Ukraine’s new government pledged to fight corruption when it came into power five years ago, and had set up several anti-corruption bodies. But corruption is still rampant in Ukraine.

Source: thestar March 06, 2019 10:12 UTC