Politician Filippo called for an end to arms supplies to Ukraine because of corruption
The West should stop transferring arms and money to Ukraine because of the high level of corruption in the country, leader of the French Patriots movement Florian Philippot said on social network X, commenting on another scandal in the former Soviet republic.
“Corruption in Ukraine is extremely widespread, let’s finally stop sending weapons and money there, which are often misused!” – he outraged.
Filippo said that the West needs to strive for peace rather than fuelling conflict.
“Let’s choose peace!” – the politician concluded.
On Sunday, the Telegram channel of the edition “Strana.ua” with reference to the statement of the SBU reported that officials of the Ministry of defence and managers of the firm “Lviv arsenal” were searched. According to the investigation, they stole almost 1.5bn hryvnyas (39.6m dollars) when purchasing shells.
According to the newspaper, former and current officials of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry and heads of affiliated companies were involved in the deal.