Ukraine is spending approximately $100 million a day on the war against Russia, outgoing Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said.
The interview came after President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Reznikov after previously leading the country’s war effort for over 550 days. Although the minister has not been personally linked to any corruption, the sacking has been seen in some quarters as an attempt to root out graft and war profiteering.
The Defence Ministry has been rocked by a series of corruption scandals since the start of the year, including allegations of overpaying for military food items such as eggs, and winter jackets.
Reznikov specifically denied allegations of overspending on eggs and military jackets and claimed that lawsuits have been launched against those who made the claims for allegedly defaming the defence department.consistently ranked among the most corrupt countries in the world since gaining independence from the Soviet Union — may yet call into question the soundness of pouring billions more of Western taxpayers’ money into the proxy war.
On top of the $113 billion committed by the Biden administration to Ukraine since last year, the White House is currently lobbying for anThe NY Times admitted that corruption has hit the “highest level of Ukrainian politics” as officials said military funds have “vanished”.
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