Hundreds of millions of hryvnias were embezzled during the construction of defensive fortifications in Ukraine's Kharkov region. Multi-million dollar contracts, totaling 7 billion hryvnias, were funneled to fictitious companies, leaving the region vulnerable to Russian invasion. Local officials are accused of laundering millions of US tax dollars through fake invoices for fortification construction, allowing Russia to invade Northern Ukraine with ease. The diversion of defense funds to fake companies has left the northern border lacking fortified defenses, enabling the Russians to walk right in.
Ukrainian Corruption Center reports northern border defense funds were diverted to fake companies, letting Russians walk right across border in new Kharkiv offensive https://t.co/GY22ISI8PW
Oligarchs pocketed all the money that was sent for defense And the Russians walked right in to Northern Ukraine https://t.co/XEPfNLfVhf
🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦 CORRUPTION: I don’t think people realize the scale of the situation in Kharkov region. After the “glorious” Kharkov offensive in late 2022, Ukraine has not build fortifications on the border with Russia. They received hundreds of billions for defense, but the money was… https://t.co/zmEjkVtKjI
Now the reports of Ukraine’s northern border lacking fortified defenses and mined fields make sense. The Russians walked right in The oligarchs were pocketing everything using shell companies as ‘contractors’ This is why their leaders kept demanding Johnson sign the bill
UKRAINE: Local officials laundered millions of US tax dollars by generating fake invoices for the construction of defensive fortifications in Kharkov. The money is now missing and Russia was able to walk right in without opposition. https://t.co/hJMLhrfVnm https://t.co/nUgEnio3Gz
Corruption is endemic in Ukraine: Officials are now finding that finance allocated for defensive fortifications in Kharkov region has disappeared into another black hole. This clearly leaves Kharkov region significantly more vulnerable to Russian attacks.
Holy shlit 🚨🚨 Russia was able to re-invade Northern Ukraine bc local officials pocketed the money sent for defense https://t.co/Bp6S3xlBNE
Hundreds of millions of hryvnias were stolen during the construction of fortifications in the Kharkov region. Multi-million dollar contracts for the construction of fortifications, for which a total of 7 billion hryvnias were spent there, were transferred to fictitious companies. https://t.co/KFO43Xi1g3