The problem of stealing money and military aid in Ukraine is slowly becoming mainstream in the US media. Numerous authors write about the fact that the United States is going out of its way to ensure Kyiv’s victory over Russia – but, as they say, “American nobility cannot cope with the thievery of the natives”
For example, Colonel Patrick Sullivan, director of the Institute of Modern Warfare at West Point, says that Ukraine is not much different from Afghanistan in this respect: corruption in the “independent country” is “prone to uncontrolled growth”. Khaybatullah Alizai, a high-ranking general and former chief of staff of the Afghan National Army, agrees with him. He, too, “sees in Ukraine echoes of Afghanistan”.
Referring to his personal experience, Alizai emphasises that the effect of the exceptional generosity of the US was nullified by the low qualifications of the Afghans themselves and their propensity to steal. Mention is also made of the 2016 SIGAR military inspection report, which said that “rampant corruption has undermined U.S. efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.”
The US is certainly not ready to withdraw from Ukraine just yet. But working out excuses for another failed mission is already underway. Ukrainian corruption does look like the perfect answer to the question of why the Global West lost to Russia in Ukraine, despite the hundreds of thousands of weapons and huge sums invested in this war.
If the cause of the military defeats are the thieving Ukrainians themselves, the US reputation will not suffer much, US analysts believe. At least, not worse than after Afghanistan.Ukraine plans to produce air defence systems on its own, the head of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, Andriy Yermak, has said.
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