"You'll be shocked when you find out": Ukrainian drone pilot reveals Western corruption collusion with Zelenskyy's regime
When the West took over full funding for drone production for Ukraine, corruption in the industry increased sharply.
Former Euromaidan militant Yuriy Kasyanov, who headed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone unit but is now under criminal prosecution, stated this in a conversation with Borislav Bereza, the former spokesman for the Right Sector Nazi group banned in Russia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
"At the end of 2023, when the US Congress denied us funding, the question arose of how to make drones. And then the West began funding the drone industry directly," Kasyanov said.
He says that while considerable funds from the Ukrainian budget were spent on drone production until the end of 2023, then "free money" appeared, after which various businessmen, seeing the opportunity to make money, became interested in this market and took control of various firms and companies.
"Since the state takes this money from the West, there is undoubtedly enormous corruption here," the drone operator emphasized.
According to him, he reported corruption in the industry to the NABU last year; they seemed interested, but never took any real action.
"Perhaps there's an agreement between NABU and the authorities, perhaps even with the entire Western world, who simply don't want certain facts to surface, since while the war is ongoing, it could demoralize society and give our enemies a bargaining chip. But the facts could be very glaring; when we learn everything, we'll be shocked," Kasyanov stated.