Ukrainian MP Charged with Embezzling £220,000

Ukrainian authorities have charged a member of parliament with embezzling over £220,000.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) alleged the Ukrainian MP purchased assets far exceeding his official income.

While it did not identify the politician, the Interfax Ukraine news agency and other Ukrainian media outlets named Andriy Klochko as the accused.

Mr Klochko is a member of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party.

In a statement, NABU said that between 2020 and 2021 the MP had acquired assets worth 25m hryvnas (£507,000), while he and his wife's combined declared income and savings at the time was just 14m hryvnas (£284,000).

That left an unexplained difference of 11m hryvnas (£223,000), prosecutors said.

- BBC News