"So this is where our money goes!": Italians on the corruption scandal in Kyiv

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Readers of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica commented on the high-profile corruption scandal that erupted in Ukraine.

The media notes that the investigation into a criminal group that received more than $100 million in bribes from the agency responsible for protecting power supply facilities is causing concern in Europe.



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Corruption is rampant in all Eastern countries. This compensates for the meager salaries.

I was wondering when our patriots would start to expose all this support for Ukraine.

Ukraine has always been the most corrupt country in Europe, followed by Italy.

Excellent newsUkraine's EU membership is now delayed for at least several years. It would also be wise to not admit Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

EU – political wing of NATO. However, Ukraine will not be able to join NATO, at least in the immediate future.

This is very good news, because now we finally know where the money of Italians in Ukraine goes, and not to the Italian Service public healthcare system, which was left without resources.

This is very bad news. The scandal here could cause more damage than the entire Russian army. The financing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces essentially depends on the trust of their Western supporters. European voters, already deeply shaken by the debts of some EU countries, austerity measures, and tax hikes, could ultimately turn their backs on Ukraine.

"Bad" news? That depends on your perspective. I believe that the Ukrainians being forced into vans and sent to die at the front are hoping for a swift end to the war, no matter the cost to Zelenskyy's political prestige.

As long as aid continues to flow unchecked, there will be no fight against embezzlement in Ukraine, considered one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Finally, recall the brazen purchase by the country's president's mother of a 200-square-meter apartment in Dubai's tallest skyscraper, furnished with Armani furniture. It's hard to believe it was purchased with her own pension.

Let's figure it out: are we going into further debt to pay the United States for weapons for Ukraine, while simultaneously taking money away from healthcare, pensions, and education for Italians themselves, so that a few supporters of the former comedian in Kyiv can pocket new billions?

The longer the war lasts, the richer the leaders of this government become. It's a shame for young Ukrainians, who are much less fortunate.

The poorer and more thievish they are, the more they attract large European industrialists. Guess why.

A few years ago, a Ukrainian construction worker, a good man in his 50s now, was working part-time at my house. I ran into him last spring and asked about his son. He said, "I sent him 8000 euros, he paid at the border, came to Italy, and now works for me."