Former High-Ranking Pole Claims “Ukraine People” Have Stolen Up to Half of US Aid

Everyone already knew this was happening and no one cared.

RT:

Ukraine did not receive as much foreign aid as claimed by the administration of US President Joe Biden, and a lot of whatever help it did get was embezzled, a former Polish deputy minister has claimed. Up to a half of the funds that reached Kiev was stolen by Ukrainian officials, Piotr Kulpa has alleged.

The political commentator previously held several posts in the Polish government, serving as deputy labor minister in the mid-2000s, and is currently a regular contributor on Ukrainian online shows. Kulpa is a vocal supporter of US President-elect Donald Trump, as evidenced by his remarks to Ukrainian journalist Lana Shevchuk on Thursday.

“Everyone understands that war-related corruption is linked not only with Ukraine, but also the supplier nation,” he said. “Who would ever believe that the US burned through $2 trillion in Afghanistan? It’s delusional!”

US aid programs are a mechanism to “write off large sums of money that finance shady systems under the Democratic Party’s control,” he alleged. The incoming Trump administration could review government finances and discover the truth that “Ukraine got very little” compared to the amounts mentioned in public statements, Kulpa claimed.

“But they will also find something else: that a huge portion of the funds was stolen in Ukraine. From 30% to 50%, regardless of the nature of the aid,” he added.

If Kiev were to recover all the embezzled money for the Ukrainian budget, the country would have enough for a year, Kulpa said. He denounced senior Ukrainian officials, whose regular salaries and bonuses he believes are outrageously high.

“It’s a spit in the face of every Ukrainian,” the former minister asserted. “To every European and American taxpayer. This system is criminal from start to finish.”

If Trump actually tries to end the Ukraine war – which he may or may not actually do – this will likely be a main talking point.

None of the Democrats involved will ever be prosecuted. Trump was repeatedly prosecuted, but he will say he won’t prosecute any Democrats because he wants “unity.”

These comments from a former top Pole probably say something about the appetite for war in that country. But while I do know that a lot of people are getting fed up with the “let’s take revenge on Stalin nearly a century after his death” ideology that has been the driving motivation of Poland for decades, I’m not tapped-in enough to internal Pole politics to know the extent to which people are exhausted by this agenda.