Bribes, overcharging, oligarchs… how corruption undermines Ukraine

2023-09-05 01:00:51

This is the other enemy of Ukraine. Under growing public pressure, the government is fighting corruption as it faces Russian forces. The latest personality to have paid the price is none other than the media Minister of Defense, Oleksiï Reznikov, sacked on Sunday after yet another corruption scandal within his ministry. One of them implies it directly: according to Ukrainian media, Reznikov had validated a contract last fall with a Turkish company for the supply of winter uniforms, the price of which tripled after the signing.