The tragedy of Zelensky’s Ukraine
November 20, 2025
Owen Matthews
Themes: Geopolitics, Russia, Ukraine
President Zelensky's stunning political rise promised to combat corruption and bring rapprochement with Russia. His administration is now mired in allegations of war-profiteering.
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It’s hard to overstate the anger of ordinary Ukrainians – even former loyal supporters of Zelensky’s – at the implications of this case. ‘Every day people are killed, their homes burned to ashes, families give their last hryvnia to support the troops, yet the state cannot even guarantee basic, decent financial stability,’ says Iuliia Mendel, Zelensky’s Press Secretary from 2019-21. ‘Then, out of nowhere, hundreds of millions vanish into private pockets. During wartime. The pain is unbearable… Corruption is one of the key reasons why our heroic army suffers such catastrophic losses on the front lines. And it’s long past time to admit the uncomfortable reality: graft has become a convenient excuse to prolong the war under the banner of a “just peace” that never arrives.’
In the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, a major rebellion against the government is under way, involving many members of the Servant of the People Party. Many are calling for Yermak’s resignation. More disturbingly, senior members of the Azov movement, now integrated into senior positions in Ukraine’s army, but who still maintain the unit’s basic political and military cohesion, have called for blood. ‘Corrupt officials are enemies and traitors,’ stormed Dmytro Yarosh, a nationalist firebrand who threatened to hang Zelensky in 2019. ‘If you steal from the nation during a war you deserve liquidation.’
Kiev fez alterações no plano de paz proposto pelos EUA para evitar a verificação da ajuda internacional recebida e possíveis acusações de corrupção, informa o Wall Street Journal citando um funcionário americano.
Segundo ele, o projecto inicial previa a realização de uma auditoria completa de toda a ajuda internacional à Ucrânia para identificar possíveis esquemas de corrupção.
No entanto, na versão final do documento de 28 pontos, essa secção foi alterada: agora menciona uma "amnistia total para todas as partes por acções cometidas durante o conflito".
A ser verdade nao venham tentar convencer que os Ucranianos receberam o dito acordo sem o ter negociado...
Saem todos a ganhar, existe outro ponto.
20. Programas educativos e sociais que promovem a tolerância multicultural serão obrigatórios em ambos os países:
– A Ucrânia adopta padrões da UE para direitos das minorias.
– Ambos os lados encerram leis discriminatórias.
– Direitos iguais de media para meios ucranianos e russos.
– Toda a ideologia nazi deve ser proibida
Como sao todos amnistiados, nao existem crimes de guerra, os grupos neo nazis, esfumam se e volta tudo ao normal, como se o período de 2014 a 2025 fosse eliminado da memoria.
