10:20 26.07.2023

Zelenskyy to officials: You must work, not spend time abroad on 'profitable' business trips

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Zelenskyy to officials: You must work, not spend time abroad on 'profitable' business trips

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed officials and deputies with a demand "to work in Ukraine and for the sake of the Ukrainian people."

"I want all MPs and officials to hear me now. You must work. In Ukraine and for the sake of the Ukrainian people. I am grateful to those MPs who are truly working for the interests of the state. And those who think about spending more time abroad and look for 'profitable' trips so that they can combine them with business, friends or 'beaches' - there will not be any of you.," he said in a video address on Tuesday.

"Some people think that the war is somewhere far away from them. As if the dome of the Verkhovna Rada, or the walls of some offices, or a list of some powers can shield from reality," the president said.

According to him, "for some, it's about islands and resorts during the war, for others it's about lining one's pockets in the military enlistment office, for others it's about bribes in the courts. For any public official, this is a betrayal of state principles, a betrayal of the interests of society.

"I want to warn all MPs, officials, and everyone else in public office. When everyday you search for weapons for the state, when all the attention is on providing artillery, missiles, drones, when you constantly see and feel the moral strength gained for Ukraine by our warriors, our people, who are doing everything possible and impossible for the victory and preservation of freedom, any internal betrayal, any 'beach' or any personal enrichment instead of Ukraine's interests triggers fury at the very least," he said.

Earlier, information appeared in the media that Yuriy Aristov, a MP from the Servant of the People, was seen in the middle of July at the five-star Waldorf Astoria Maldives hotel, located on the private island of Ithaafushi (Maldives).

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