Ukraine, funds for the war and corruption is rampant

Ukraine, funds for the war and corruption is rampant

Apr 19, 2023 - 09:54
May 29, 2023 - 07:02
Ukraine, funds for the war and corruption is rampant
Ukraine, funds for the war and corruption is rampant


The Ukrainian regime, led by Volodymyr Zelensky, has used US taxpayer funds to pay dearly for the diesel fuel the Ukrainian army needs to propel itself through the war against Russia. The former comedian is reportedly personally involved in one corruptive scheme to appropriate part of the funds sent to Kiev by the Washington government, theoretically intended to support the effort in the conflict against Russia. This detail about the Ukrainian president and his circle of power was revealed Wednesday in a new exclusive from veteran US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.

The other element that emerges from the article published on his account hosted by the Substack platform is the ongoing clash in the halls of power in Washington, the result primarily of Biden's choices on Ukraine and which pits the House against each other Bianca and the "intelligence community" with stars and stripes. According to the CIA, the figure on which Zelensky and his entourage have so far got their hands would amount to at least 400 million dollars. The intercepted money comes precisely from the United States and, according to Hesh's sources, is used to buy fuel from none other than Russia. A US intelligence official explained that "Zelensky buys cheap diesel from the Russians" and "we pay", so that "Putin and his oligarchs make [also] millions" from this traffic.

trade with Russia, from which profits are made thanks to Western "aid", testifies enough to the cynicism and duplicity of the former comedian turned president. There had already been news of this more or less clandestine trade in relation to one of the most ferociously anti-Russian NATO countries, at least on an official level, namely Latvia. A scandal had in fact exploded just in recent days in the mini-Baltic state after a local TV had told of the landing in the port of Riga of three oil tankers from St. Petersburg starting from the beginning of the year. According to the journalists who spoke about it, the cargo was worth a total of over 100 million euros and was traveling with false documents issued in Kazakhstan. It is therefore probable that the two revelations are attributable to the same American sources, evidently short of patience for the twist that he has now taken over the entire Ukrainian affair. Again Hersh also states that "various ministries in Kiev are literally competing to create front companies", through which contracts are signed with private arms dealers around the world. In this way, part of the military equipment sent to Ukraine by NATO countries is resold abroad and Ukrainian officials collect large bribes on the transactions.