BREAKING: Ukraine's prosecutor general resigns amid major corruption scandal

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Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said on Sept. 7 that he had submitted his resignation.

"This is a political decision. And I made it consciously," Kravchenko announced.

Kravchenko said his position regarding the allegations against him remains unchanged and asked President Volodymyr Zelensky and parliament to accept his resignation.

The announcement marks a reversal from earlier on Sept. 7, when Kravchenko said he had no plans to resign amid an investigation into an alleged protection racket involving scam call centers and senior officials in the Prosecutor General's Office.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office uncovered the alleged scheme on Sept. 4, with investigators subsequently searching Kravchenko's office and detaining a senior prosecutor suspected of involvement.