Ukraine's prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, said on Tuesday he had resigned, in the wake of a domestic scandal where dozens of officials are alleged to have abused their position to receive disability status and avoid military service.

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin submitted his resignation following a large-scale investigation into prosecutors obtaining fake disability statuses, which drew criticism from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

"I am grateful to the president of Ukraine and Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada for their trust. But in this situation, I believe it is right for me to resign from the post of prosecutor general," he said.

The loan to Ukraine is part of a larger $50 billion package that G7 nations have already pledged to Kyiv.

The UK government will give an extra £2.26bn ($2.93bn) to Ukraine, using the profits from seized Russian assets held in Europe. It forms Britain’s contribution to a £38bn ($50bn) fund announced in June by members of the G7 group of leading economies.

Britain on Monday announced it will lend Ukraine nearly $3 billion to be used on weapons and aid needed to repel the Russia's invasion.