Ministry of Defense is under fire for corruption, again | This Week in Ukraine Ep. 23

“This Week in Ukraine” is a video podcast hosted by Kyiv Independent’s reporter Anastasiia Lapatina. Every week, Anastasiia sits down with her newsroom colleagues to discuss Ukraine’s most pressing issues.

Episode #23 of our weekly video podcast “This Week in Ukraine” is dedicated to corruption scandals at Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense.

Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by the Kyiv Independent investigative reporter Danylo Mokryk.

Listen to the audio version of the podcast – http://bit.ly/3M2wtV9

Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
01:21 On the latest scandal at the Ministry of Defense
04:55 Ministry’s reaction
07:02 Internal investigation
09:47 Involvement of Zelensky’s party
11:34 Similar scandals in the past
13:35 Why state procurement is the main corruption scheme in Ukraine
15:55 Systems that monitor state spending
18:37 Is Reznikov facing punishment?
20:21 Dangerous effects of corruption during war
23:22 Is Ukraine unprecedently corrupt?
24:35 Will this impede the flow of Western aid?
27:30 Zelensky proposes a radical solution
30:57 Community questions
36:57 Also this week
37:36 Outro

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The episode was edited by Dmytro Cherkaskyiv.