Ihor Buryak, logistics manager

“It’s an imitation of fighting corruption. For the 1.5 years since Petro Poroshenko became Ukraine’s president, no corrupt officials were arrested and punished. Furthermore, the people who worked with ex-President Viktor Yanukovych are now on Poroshenko’s team.”

Mykhaylo Kukharchuk, engineer

“It’s a show. It’s a reprisal, a demonstrative punishment of political rivals. Poroshenko is turning into (ex-President Viktor) Yanukovych.”

Nataliya Kuzmenenko, lawyer on maternity leave

“I don’t think that it is a corruption fight because no reforms are taking place in the country, and corruption is still at the same high level as it was during Yanukovych times.”

Anna Dmytrenko, student

“I don’t really believe that this is a fight against corruption. To me it looks like a struggle between the oligarch clans or an attempt to get even with political opponents.”

Ivan Melaniuk, pensioner

“I think that it’s nothing but showing off. In this way, Poroshenko takes society’s attention off economic problems. I think that no corrupt officials will be arrested and all the criminal cases will be hushed up.”