Don’t expect to hear a lot about this from the MSM or the Ukraine-loving politicians in Washington from both parties. It turns out that some money has once again gone missing in Kyiv. And we’re not talking about chicken feed here. Members of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reportedly conspired with a local arms firm to steal nearly $40 million in state funds. That may not sound like a lot in comparison to a nation’s total budget, but it’s one heck of a nice payday for some corrupt bureaucrats. Now Zelensky and his crew are scrambling because they’re afraid that these latest revelations will endanger their perceived path to membership in NATO, the EU, or both. But this has been happening often enough recently that we need to ask how many other incidents of corruption are going undetected or at least unreported. (NPR)
Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with…
