In mid-2022 I published an article titled "Corruption in Ukraine, and its links to Washington DC". It looks as if the scale of the corruption we hinted at, two and a half years ago, may be very much larger.
Ukraine did not receive as much foreign aid as claimed by the administration of US President Joe Biden, and whatever help it did get was largely embezzled, a former Polish deputy minister has claimed. Up to a half of the funds that reached Kiev was stolen by Ukrainian officials, Piotr Kulpa has alleged.
The political commentator previously held several posts in the Polish government, serving as deputy labor minister in the mid-2000s, and is currently a regular contributor on Ukrainian online shows.
“Everyone understands that war-related corruption is linked not only with Ukraine, but also the supplier nation,” he said. “Who would ever believe that the US burned through $2 trillion in Afghanistan? It’s delusional!”
US aid programs are a mechanism to “write off large sums of money that finance shady systems under the Democratic Party’s control,” he alleged. The incoming Trump administration could review government finances and discover the truth that “Ukraine got very little” compared to the amounts mentioned in public statements, Kulpa claimed.
“But they will also find something else: that a huge portion of the funds was stolen in Ukraine. From 30% to 50%, regardless of the nature of the aid,” he added.
If Kiev were to recover all the embezzled money for the Ukrainian budget, the country would have enough for a year, Kulpa said.
There's more at the link.
Of course, US corrupt dealings with Ukraine go back further than the war, as President Biden effectively admitted when he short-circuited a prosecutor investigating the matter. Remember this, from 2018, referring to events in 2016?
One does look forward to seeing what comes out in the wash, so to speak. If money flows from Ukraine to US politicians can be proved, we may hope to see some of the most corrupt players in Washington D.C. get their come-uppance . . . but they wield great influence, and may be able to get the investigation derailed. I guess time will tell.
Peter
7 comments:
As always the problem lies with the lack of integrity at DOJ and FBI. Trump may replace the top .00001% but the rest are thoroughly corrupt, dishonest lying scum who will simply drag their feet and refuse to investigate because they know they cannot be compelled by anybody or anything to act contrary to their belief that all of us are the NAZIs.
If it ever is exposed, some will die, others will go to prison, and many will be horrified.
"Who would believe that the US went through $2 trillion in Ukraine?"
Anyone who understands that we were there for twenty years and had tens of thousands of personnel there?
Redhead here from Poland. Mr. Kulpa is not widely known in Poland, but he is hugely respected in Ukraine and in general you can trust him that he knows what he is talking about. I personally believe in his statements.
HMS, after my pilgamidge from 2015, it turns out, I'd rather be a NAZI than a Commie.
I graduated from H.S. in '69, and since before then, I've always been in the "Kill a Commie for mommy" camp.
After I got out of the military in '73, I was a long hair, conservative, working hippie, with guns.
Agree with HMS...sigh
it goes back at least 2014, when hillary and obama orchestrated a "color revolution" in ukr to oust the democratically elected russia-leaning president. their puppet immediately began trying to wipe out the mostly ethnic russian citizens of the dunbas region. what aid actually made it to ukr was further embezzled by generals selling the arms to african countries among others. they even farmed out the best ukr fighters to the cia effort to destabilize central africa going on now. the whole thing is one big cesspool of rotten people.
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