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It Pays to Be Friends With Zelensky: How $75m Yachts Reveal the Huge and Sudden Wealth of the Ukrainian Leader’s Inner Circle - In the Midst of Brutal War: Extravagance and Proxy Intrigues Ignite Global Outrage
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2023/11/27/it-pays-friends-with-zelensky-how-75m-yachts-reveal-the-huge-and-sudden-wealth-of-ukrainian-leaders-inner-circle/ ^ | 11/27/2023 | Andrei DATSYUK

Posted on 11/28/2023 8:05:24 AM PST by rod5591

n the heart of Eastern Europe, where the tumult of war clashes with the allure of Western support, a seismic scandal unfolds, casting a long shadow over Ukraine’s leadership. President Volodymyr Zelensky, once seen as a beacon of hope against corruption, is now ensnared in a scandal involving the alleged purchase of two luxury yachts, “Lucky Me” and “My Legacy,” worth a combined $75 million. This lavish expenditure, facilitated in the opulent settings of Abu Dhabi and Antibes, starkly contrasts with Ukraine’s dire war reality and raises damning questions about the integrity and criminal liability of its leadership amidst heavy reliance on Western aid.

In a striking expose, an independent journalistic inquiry has brought to light an egregious display of opulence by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s closest associates. Boris and Serhiy Shefir, two of Zelenskyy’s confidants, have been implicated in the purchase of two ultra -luxury yachts, with a jaw-dropping combined cost of $75 million. These purchases, completed in October 2023 in Abu Dhabi and Antibes, raise severe concerns about corruption at the highest levels of Ukrainian leadership. The extravagance is particularly alarming given the context: these funds, likely derived from Western aid allocated for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, appear to have been diverted for personal luxury, highlighting a disturbing (criminal) misallocation of resources intended for the nation’s defence.

Journalist Shahzad Nasir, in a revealing video exposé, has brought to light a scandalous facet of corruption within the Ukrainian leadership at the absolute highest levels.

The Ukrainian leadership’s reputation has been further marred by a recent corruption scandal involving high-ranking military officials. Key army chiefs have been caught misusing US aid, intended for the nation’s defense, to indulge in extravagant purchases of luxury vehicles and properties in Spain.

(Excerpt) Read more at strategic-culture.su ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: agitprop; alreadydebunked; debunked; propaganda; ukraine
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Burns me up that the US is giving millions to Ukraine while the our domestic infrastructure ages and crumbles. How corrupt is Joe Biden and the Democrats? And are the Republicans so far behind them?
1 posted on 11/28/2023 8:05:24 AM PST by rod5591
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US tax dollars at work. Zelenskyy allegedly bought 2 yachts via proxy worth over $75 million as reported by The Islander. The names of the yachts are an insult to all Ukrainians:

‘Lucky me’ and ‘My Legacy’ pic.twitter.com/V5uHP0neqU— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) November 27, 2023


2 posted on 11/28/2023 8:06:55 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: rod5591

This story has been debunked last night when it was posted on here in another thread.


3 posted on 11/28/2023 8:11:05 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: JonPreston


4 posted on 11/28/2023 8:13:43 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Make a lie big enough, and repeat it often enough, and the masses will believe it.


5 posted on 11/28/2023 8:14:09 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: rod5591

Where is this being investigated? Everything reported about this fiasco cannot be believed without more than just one grain of salt. However, there is no doubt that there is massive corruption. American politicians receiving kickbacks need to be exposed.


6 posted on 11/28/2023 8:14:54 AM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: rod5591

A so-called leader should be out in the field leading troops or arranging for their supply lines to be effective, not off yachting.


7 posted on 11/28/2023 8:15:30 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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To: rod5591

He also purchased the Empire State Building.


8 posted on 11/28/2023 8:15:34 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: rod5591

No billions and why we aren’t looking Congress is fixin’ another 100 billion aid package.

Bannon is saying our new House Speaker is going to pass it.
I figured he would do this. You see he can now blame it on the Senate.

What he gives in one place he can take away elsewhere.


9 posted on 11/28/2023 8:16:22 AM PST by dforest
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Lets see the debunking and who debunked it. RATS and RINOs?


10 posted on 11/28/2023 8:18:55 AM PST by dforest
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To: rod5591
Like a light switch
11 posted on 11/28/2023 8:20:28 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

How was this debunked?


12 posted on 11/28/2023 8:21:04 AM PST by Vehmgericht
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13 posted on 11/28/2023 8:21:41 AM PST by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed hit wealth to srve peoe. GO TRUMP)
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“A so-called leader should be out in the field leading troops or arranging for their supply lines to be effective, not off yachting.”

Here’s the You Tube search for “Zelensky visits frontline”...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zelensky+visits+frontline+

Here’s the You Tube search for “Putin visits frontline”...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=putin+visits+frontline+

Both of them have visited their frontlines.

The two yachts claimed to be owned by Z are still listed for sale. The articles claiming he owns them were debunked last night.

Putin, on the other hand is either directly connected or shadow connected to several yachts.

https://www.google.com/search?q=putin+yachts&sca_esv=585968432&source=hp&ei=-hNmZbamNufOkPIPuK6cgA8&iflsig=AO6bgOgAAAAAZWYiChwaEm1SirgQDeC2B_dIJUtLPUVr&ved=0ahUKEwi2i_yyjeeCAxVnJ0QIHTgXB_AQ4dUDCAw&uact=5&oq=putin+yachts&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6GgIYAiIMcHV0aW4geWFjaHRzMgsQABiABBixAxiDAUi-I1AAWO8dcAB4AJABAJgBkAGgAeAHqgEEMTAuMrgBA8gBAPgBAcICCxAuGIAEGMcBGNEDwgIREC4YgAQYsQMYgwEYxwEY0QPCAggQABiABBixA8ICHRAAGIAEGIoFGLEDGIMBGOUEGIsDGKgDGKADGNMDwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgUQABiABMICCxAAGIAEGIoFGLEDwgIOEC4YgAQYigUYsQMYgwHCAgUQLhiABMICCxAuGIAEGLEDGIMBwgILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwHCAgQQABgDwgILEC4YgwEYsQMYgATCAg4QABiABBiKBRixAxiDAcICBxAuGIAEGAo&sclient=gws-wiz


14 posted on 11/28/2023 8:24:37 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: JimRed

If you are referring to Z, he doesnt own any yachts


15 posted on 11/28/2023 8:25:24 AM PST by funwithfood
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To: entropy12

I take it this is your favorite image of Zelensky?

To his credit he looks more comfortable in high heels than Putin does.


16 posted on 11/28/2023 8:25:47 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Yeah, but that was last night. Today presents a whole new requirement to claim that everythong is just swell in the 3 day special military operation and that Ukrainians are really, really bad people.


17 posted on 11/28/2023 8:31:20 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: rod5591

Our politicians and elite are raking in the same kind of money from this war and have been in Ukraine since the coup we orchestrated in 2014.


18 posted on 11/28/2023 8:31:34 AM PST by Kazan
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To: rod5591

Gotta keep up with the Putins....


19 posted on 11/28/2023 8:35:52 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Debunked this morning again.


20 posted on 11/28/2023 8:39:19 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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