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UNBELIEVABLE: Ukrainian prosecutor general resigns amid scandal over draft exemptions | History Defined

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announces resignation and says the situation around the false disability diagnoses was 'clearly amoral' [File: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters]

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin has announced his resignation amid a scandal involving dozens of officials alleged to have abused their position to receive disability status and avoid military service.

In early October, it emerged that dozens of public prosecutors in the western region of Khmelnytskyi had falsely been awarded disability permits and were receiving special pensions.

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