Ukraine’s security service says it has uncovered corruption in an arms purchase by the military worth about $40m (£31m).
The SBU said five senior people in the defence ministry and at an arms supplier were being investigated.
It said the defence officials signed a contract for 100,000 mortar shells in August 2022.
Payment was made in advance, with some funds transferred abroad, but no arms were ever provided.
Corruption has been a major stumbling block in Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union.
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”.
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.
Yeah but he got to president in Europe’s most corrupt government, we’re all rooting for him because of the war, but the chances of him being clean are slim.
I mean he got elected right after a revolution that took down the Russian-supported government so it’s probably safe to say corruption hadn’t caught up to him yet. His chances of being clean are the same as those of a politician anywhere else.
I was there the year before the war, I guarantee you that corruption was still there
No of course they still have corruption problems. I meant that they probably got to have at least one election that isn’t ruined by massive corruption. That tends to be the case after successful revolution (successful meaning not ruled by a dictator after) AFAIK.
Yeah, he’s trying to clean it up by banning opposition parties and consolidating news under his government’s control 🙄
You can be on Ukraine’s side against Russia’s illegal invasion without pretending that Zelinski is perfect, you know…
Zelensky used to be a comedian, which was his first instinct and was his desire. He wanted to make people laugh.
These other politicians wanted power so they came into this life. to control people and gain power and influence.
If there is ever a chance to clean out some of this corruption , Zelensky seems to be the guy to trust.
The guy who made a show where he becomes president clearly had no political ambitions.
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Yeah, because pretending to play a piano with your dick means you can’t be corrupt and newcomers to politics aren’t at all vulnerable to corrupting influence from establishment figures teaching them how the system works 🙄
The myth that an outsider with no experience in politics will automatically govern in less corrupt ways is just that: a myth.
On the contrary, someone with no proven track record of honesty in public office is a huge gamble, especially given that the risk of taking the wrong advice previously mentioned.
played piano with his dick Oof Alex Jones listener detected. I sure have noticed recently the right wing trolls must have just found lemmy.
Yeah, because you can’t facetiously reference that very well known clip without having seen it on Infowars or whatever the current Alex Jones cesspool is called to avoid paying his victims 🙄
I’m very much criticizing the center-right/right wing politician Zelinski from the LEFT, not the batshit insane right.
Next you’ll say Germany was wrong for banning the Nazi party after WWII.
That’s not anywhere near comparable and you know it.
Good work ukraine!
This war just feels like Russia fighting Russia sometimes.
