Well the silver lining is that Zelensky is trying to clean this up
Ukraine is trying to become part of the EU. In order to do that, they need to show compliance with corruption laws.
I think it also boosts morale. People will be very reluctant to support the war, if they see that most of their efforts, money, or lives are wasted on corruption.
Yeah he ran on corruption but his approval ratings weren't doing the best before the war started.
wasn't he trying to make corruption be treason? how that's going?
Neither is he the sole leader of Ukraine, nor is he a dictator or something the likes, Ukraine still has a parliament that needs to ratify such decisions.
Good work ukraine!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The SBU said an investigation had "exposed" officials of the ministry of defence and managers of arms supplier Lviv Arsenal, "who stole nearly 1.5 billion hryvnias in the purchase of shells".
"According to the investigation, former and current high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defence and heads of affiliated companies are involved in the embezzlement," it said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cited the fight against corruption as one of his main priorities when he came to power in 2019.
The latest allegations come as Republicans in the United States push back on President Joe Biden's efforts to send more aid to Ukraine.
In August, President Zelensky fired all the officials in charge of military recruitment to end a system in which some people were being allowed to escape conscription.
Ukraine was ranked 116th out of 180 countries in a 2022 corruption perceptions index by campaigning and research organisation Transparency International.
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