Do you want to investigate if that is true or false?
Everything in the Atlantic is slanted hard left and this article is no different.
Kiev officials stole up to half of US aid: Ex-Polish deputy minister
According to a former Polish deputy minister, Ukraine did not get as much foreign aid as the Biden administration reported, and what it did receive was substantially embezzled. Piotr Kulpa claims Ukrainian authorities misappropriated up to half of the financial aid given to Kiev.
The political pundit formerly held many positions in the Polish government, including deputy labor minister in the mid-2000s, and is now a regular contributor to Ukrainian web shows.
Kulpa, an outspoken admirer of US President-elect Donald Trump, told Ukrainian journalist Lana Shevchuk on Thursday that “Everyone understands that war-related corruption is linked not only with Ukraine but also the supplier nation."
I suspect there has probably been some level of corruption or deal making, especially in the early days. As a builder in New York, Trump is probably more aware of this aspect of doing business than most. However, given the level of competency, creativity, and now drone and other military manufacture occurring in Ukraine, I suspect the level of funny business is now rather low. I have discussed the corruption issue with my son, now retired from Special Forces. He fought in Gulf War 1, did 2 tours of fighting season in Afganistan, and another year in the Middle East during the demobilization of Afghanistan. He says a lot of what we in the US consider corruption, in that part of the world is considered normal business practice.
I remember over 50 years ago, while working for an NGO, listening to a discussion among our bookkeepers and accountants. They had a friend who was desperately trying to find out what had happened to 12 US tanks that were missing from inventory.