The latest revelation suggests a vast network siphoning Western money to political elites, the Foreign Ministry has said<\/p>\n
A \u201cmany-headed bloody hydra\u201d is draining Western taxpayers\u2019 money through sprawling corruption schemes in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned, arguing that the latest scandal in Kiev exposes a network far larger than a simple case of graft.
\nIn a social media post on Thursday, she described a global structure \u201cwrapped around the planet,\u201d channeling funds from Western taxpayers to the elites who profit from the conflict.
\nHer remarks followed the launch of a major probe by Ukraine\u2019s Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) into alleged embezzlement at the state nuclear operator Energoatom.
\nAccording to Zakharova, officials in Kiev serve merely as instruments within a broader machinery involving institutions such as the European Commission and NATO, while the real beneficiaries sit in the inner circles of Western liberal democracies.<\/p>\n
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Her comments echoed criticism from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who earlier on Thursday denounced what he called a \u201cwartime mafia network\u201d in Ukraine linked to Zelensky. Zakharova said the description was \u201cabsolutely accurate,\u201d adding that it was \u201castonishing\u201d that Brussels still refers to the situation as simple corruption.
\nAfter news of the scandal broke, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas stressed that \u201cthere is no room for corruption\u201d in Ukraine, urging the country\u2019s authorities to take swift action.
\nFor years, Western politicians and media outlets have warned that entrenched graft threatens both foreign aid and Kiev\u2019s hopes of joining the EU. The bloc and its member states have allocated an estimated \u20ac177.5 billion (nearly $205.9 billion) to Ukraine since the escalation of the conflict in 2022, while repeatedly pressing Kiev to strengthen anti-corruption safeguards.<\/p>\n
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The latest scandal comes months after the Zelensky administration pushed through a law weakening the independence of NABU and SAPO by shifting power to the prosecutor general. The move triggered mass protests and condemnation from the EU and the US, eventually forcing the government to reverse course and restore the agencies\u2019 autonomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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