ODESSA, Ukraine, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Mikheil Saakashvili, governor of Ukraine's Odessa region, lashed out at government corruption as he announced his resignation Monday.
Saakashvili, in a video posted to the governor's Facebook page, said efforts to reform his region were undermined by unprincipled politicians "who capitalize on the deaths of our soldiers ... who betrayed the idea of the Ukrainian revolution, and whose only motivation in life is to fill their pockets and strengthen their clans, and to rob Ukraine to the end."