Last week, the Ukrainian authorities carried out a series of anti-corruption raids and enforcement operations against officials, civil servants and government bodies as part of the fight against the “enemy within” that they launched in parallel with the war waged by its forces. Russian President Vladimir Zelensky “smite the enemy within.”
And he stressed that “this is only the first stage, and we will not stop there”, promising to “imprison” those who have “the audacity to harm Ukraine.”
And David Arakhamia, the leader of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party, said via Telegram that the operations carried out by the police were directed, in particular, at billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, former Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and the Tax Service of Ukraine, and the tasks of the Customs Administration were suspended, and searches investigators also included the homes and offices of high-ranking Defense Department officials.
On the other hand, a summit between Ukraine and the European Union was held in Kyiv on Friday, which made the fight against corruption a condition for Ukraine’s entry into the bloc, and will be preceded by a meeting of members of the European Commission and the Ukrainian government.
Ukraine, which relies heavily on the support of Europe and the United States in its war, is faced with the problem of fighting financial corruption in order not to alienate allies, and Kyiv is in a hurry to race to get more powerful weapons.
Ukraine, in particular, wants precision-guided missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers to destroy Russian supply lines to overcome its lack of personnel and equipment.
