China News Service, February 12 (Xinhua) According to Reuters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the 11th, dismissing Ruslan Djuba, the deputy commander of the Ukrainian National Guard.

Zelensky said he would continue to clean up corruption in the Ukrainian government.

Data map: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

  According to reports, on the 11th local time, the Ukrainian President's Office issued a brief decree to dismiss the deputy commander of the Juba National Guard without explaining any reasons for this move.

Juba is responsible for the logistics and logistics of the National Guard.

  That evening, Zelensky held a meeting with the security forces on strengthening Ukrainian state institutions and protecting "these institutions from external or internal threats", covering personnel policy, interaction between state agencies, and the operational efficiency of state structures.

  Talking about government corruption that needs to be cleaned up, Zelensky said, "All these actions are not just about a certain incident or criminal proceedings... The state will continue to modernize the state institutions themselves and maintain the purity of their work."

  The Ukrainian Defense Minister also said on the 9th that hundreds of officials of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of Defense were disciplined after the internal audit in 2022, and that he had "zero tolerance" for corruption.

  In recent weeks, Ukrainian authorities have fired dozens of officials and launched wide-ranging investigations into corruption and other wrongdoing, the report said.

The EU says tackling corruption is necessary for Ukraine to join the 27-nation bloc.

  Foreign media previously broke the news that since the Ukrainian crisis broke out, Ukraine has received a large amount of Western funds and arms assistance, and Ukraine itself has serious corruption problems.

In January 2023, Zelensky dismissed important positions in institutions including the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including Tymoshenko, deputy director of the Ukrainian President's Office, and also replaced local officials on a large scale.

  According to analysis, Ukraine's vigorous anti-corruption efforts at this time are aimed at creating an image of positive reform in front of the EU in order to join the EU and obtain more Western aid.