Tag: Corruption

As the bloc faces a catastrophic crisis, are EU leaders using potential membership to rein in Ukraine’s Zelensky?

Understanding that prolonged fighting will only hurt them, it seems the top EU states want to sway Ukraine to peace. When the leaders of the three leading EU countries, Germany, France, and Italy, took an eleven-hour train ride to Kiev to meet with US-sponsored President Zelensky, this week, the public show was one of solidarity and support. But there could be much more to the visit than meets the eye. 

Thousands of Ukrainian troops desert, surrender or refuse to go to the front

Ukrainian soldiers are increasingly abandoning their positions and posting videos with complaints about their command. Why is the number of desertions increasing in the war-torn country? Draining the West’s coffers: the total assistance of Western countries to Ukraine has already exceeded the country’s military budget for 2022, which was to amount to $12 billion. And this is without taking into account donations from ordinary citizens all over the world. Very soon, Ukraine will receive another $20 billion for its military needs from the United States.

Russia makes a mockery of sanctions after earning record revenues from oil and gas sales

Russia is currently making a mockery of sanctions after earning what is likely record revenues from oil and gas sales. China has overtaken Germany as Russia’s largest consumer of energy since the start of the war in Ukraine, helping fill Russia’s coffers during a critical period, an independent research group at the Finnish Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said on Monday.

The Russians were right as a shamefaced Pentagon finally admits to 41 illegal Biolabs in Ukraine

The US Department of Defense has finally come clean and admitted that the United States military is funding 46 Biolabs in Ukraine. The Pentagon after multiple denials has finally confessed to the U.S.-funded illegal labs in a public statement this week. The move comes after months of denials from Democrats and President Joe Biden’s administration regarding the existence of the Biolabs.