Posted on 07/26/2025 2:37:27 PM PDT by McGruff
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s anticorruption policies have already provoked Ukraine’s first antigovernment protests since the Russian invasion in 2022. Now, it seems, they may cost the country a portion of its foreign aid from the European Union, in a clear rebuke from the bloc, once a staunch ally.
The European Union said on Friday that it would withhold 1.5 billion euros, or $1.7 billion, from an overall fund of 4.5 billion euros whose disbursement is dependent on achieving good governance standards and that can’t be used for military purchases. The decision is not final, however, and the funding can be restored if Ukraine meets certain benchmarks.
Mr. Zelensky had no public comment on the aid cut, which nevertheless was a setback for Ukraine’s leader, who is depending on European financial support to fill gaps left by the Trump administration’s refusal to underwrite Ukraine’s war effort.
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Corruption in Ukraine?
Surely you jest.
10 billion to late idiots
Hypocrites.
So, no weapons, no troops from the EU, USA sending Patriots that Russia has partially compromised using decoy drones and by programming Iskander missiles to fly erratically.
Time to invade Kursk again?
YouCraynee Corruption? Say it ain’t so. Who would ever think
that with a Global Homo Dictator Running Yookland.
The US borrows money to give to the Ukraine and most other countries rather like Santa Claus is believed by some to do.
Makes perfect sense
The NYT is reporting this? Jeez, color me shocked!
You can bet the EU is Super Duper Corrupt
Debt to GDP Ratio
Canada - 108%
France - 111%
Germany - 63%
Italy - 135%
UK - 98%
US - 122%
The collective West is broke.
The EU is a worthless, pussy, lying, coke head organization living off US money.
They were never going help Ukraine.
They just wanted the US to do everything.
Now they don’t even want to pay for arms from the US after they said they would.
Screw ‘em.
The EU is a mess because they all listened to their hero Traitor Obama.
Soros-Poroshenko cardboard revolution not stronk. When is your Putin going to start bombing Kyiv again? It’s been a while.
Ping
Interesting how Putin hasn’t bombed Kyiv since the start of the flopped Soros-Poroshenko cardboard revolution.
Europe doesn’t care. They are seeking a way out.
“Corruption in Ukraine?
Surely you jest.”
Poster on another thread was boasting because Ukraine was 104th in Corruption while Russia was 150th, even lower than Mexico.
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