Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns after corruption allegations as Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv

Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, resigned from his post over corruption accusations that saw anti-graft officers search his offices at the weekend as part of investigations into illegal call centres, AFP reported.

In a statement, Ruslav Kravchenko has denied he was involved in the alleged scheme, and said his resignation was a “political decision” as he wanted to avoid his position being used “as an instrument of political confrontation.”

His decision to step down poses another challenge for Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after tricky summer which involved a government reshuffle and a political crisis linked to his controversial decision to sack popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

The latest political crisis comes as Russia has resumed its attacks on Kyiv after a brief pause over the weekend intended to facilitate peace talks with senior US representatives.

“It was a complex attack that the Russians tried to plan to cause as much harm to life as possible – ballistic missiles, cruise and anti-ship missiles, and jet-powered shaheds. There is significant damage to residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure in the capital,” Zelenskyy said this morning.

At least two people died in the attack, and 10 were injured. Further attacks were also reported in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia.

Elsewhere, I will keep an eye on the latest from Germany as the fallout from the Saxony-Anhalt election continues, and on reports from France about thieves stealing four works of French impressionist painter Auguste Renoir during a night heist at a museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

It’s Tuesday, 8 September 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.