Ukraine is drowning in a swamp of corruption – and the West is trying to make it look like a good thing

Raluca Maniță

Kiev’s establishment is burning to the ground in the Energoatom Mafia scandal, while the media and think tanks keep insisting this is fine In Ukraine, the front lines are crumbling and so is the Zelensky regime. While Kupyansk and Pokrovsk are falling, the shockwaves of the Energoatom Mafia scandal keep reverberating, internationally and at home in Kiev. At this point, two ministers have resigned. The former defense minister and head of the powerful National Security Council, Rustem Umerov, is