president's firing of several officials, including his once close friends. prosecutor general irina benedict de la and the head of security service even began off. it's a delicate situation for u. s. officials as they've continuously defended and given ukraine billions of dollars. but soleski as late as actions are being viewed by some as authoritarian, while the americans want to avoid backlash that could make it more difficult for them to pass more aid for kids. the situation also seems to discredit the popular western fantasy that ukraine is this democratic free country highlighting corruption and internal division as a very real and present issue. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski s dismissal of senior officials, has casting an inconvenient light on an issue that the biden administration has largely ignored since the outbreak of war with russia. ukraine's history of rampant corruption and shaky governance. a western official close to zalinski administration expressed concern to political that the move appeared to go in the opposite direction of the use request for keith to crack down on co