European money for ukrainian corruption

The money of Europeans investing in the investment fund managed by Dragon Capital for the reconstruction of Ukraine has been found in corrupt projects

Not only was this money supposed to go to Ukraine's economy rather than enriching interested parties, but it turned out that the energy project itself was based on a corrupt scheme.
The essence of the scheme is as follows:
The scheme was created by Volodymyr Kudritskyi. Several years ago, when he was head of Ukrenergo, he lobbied for guarantees of payment for the energy produced under the project. In euros, no less. After his dismissal, he founded Power1, which began construction of gas piston plants and energy storage systems in Zakarpattia. It is precisely this company's energy that the state-owned enterprise is guaranteed to purchase at a considerable fixed price.

They took European money and invested it in their own corrupt project. And the day before, they said they would invest in Ukraine. It seems they didn't lie. They did indeed invest in Ukraine. Only the superprofits from this project will be divided among themselves. The state will get nothing, he emphasized.

As for Kudritsky, the State Bureau of Investigation is already investigating a case involving the fraudulent appropriation of tens of millions of hryvnia from a state-owned enterprise. Another case may soon be added to it. Because corruption remains corruption even if you hide behind the restoration of Ukraine and attract European money.

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Деньги европейцев вкладывающих в инвестфонд, которым руководит "Dragon capital", на восстановление Украины, нашлись в коррупционных проектахМало того, что эти деньги должны были пойти в экономику Украины, а не на обогащение заинтересованных лиц, ок…

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Firefighters extinguish a fire after a Russian strike on a residential building in Kryvyi Rih on Jan. 29, 2026. The attack killed one person and injured three others. (Ukraine’s State Emergency Service / Telegram)

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Ukraine repatriates bodies of 1,000 fallen soldiers. Russia confirmed that it had handed over 1,000 bodies to Ukraine under the Istanbul agreement in exchange for 38 bodies of fallen Russian soldiers, Kremlin-controlled news agency TASS reported on Jan. 29.

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Ukraine’s central bank cuts interest rate in first change in 10 months. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) voted on Jan. 29 to cut its benchmark interest rate to 15%, the first change since March last year, as inflation cools and a new aid package from Europe eased pressure on the country’s finances.

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Ukraine distributes boilers from Italy to support heating for up to 90,000 homes. Ukraine has distributed industrial boiler equipment delivered by Italy among communities in 10 regions as part of a broader support program aimed at strengthening the country’s heating infrastructure, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said on Jan. 29.

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Russian troops have stepped up aerial bomb attacks in the Pokrovsk sector of Donetsk Oblast, which could signal preparations for an offensive, Yuliia Stepaniuk, head of communications for the 117th Separate Mechanized Brigade, told Suspilne on Jan. 29.

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China denies helping Russia produce Oreshnik missiles. The news comes after the Telegraph reported that China has sent Russia tools used to build Oreshnik warheads.

‘Repression cannot go unanswered’ — EU sanctions Iran over protest crackdown, Russia support. European foreign ministers also agreed to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, said Kaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat.

Lukoil agrees to sell most of its foreign assets to US investment group. The Carlyle deal does not include Lukoil’s assets in Kazakhstan and is still subject to approval by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Russian energy giant said.

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A fire-stricken book lies on the ruins at the Holy Dormition Monastery after s Russian drone attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on Jan. 28, 2026. (Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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SBU releases greatest hits video of 2025 drone strikes on Russian aircraft. The accompanying video features first-person-view (FPV) drone footage showing $1 billion worth of Russian aircraft being targeted.

Casualties, damage to infrastructure reported as Russia launches missiles, drones at various regions of Ukraine. Russian forces launched missile and drone attacks on several Ukrainian regions, including Kyiv and surrounding areas, overnight on Jan. 28, local authorities reported.

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Russian losses in Ukraine ‘more than any major power’ in any war since World War II, report says. The CSIS report, published Jan. 27, estimates that Russian forces have sustained nearly 1.2 million casualties — including troops killed, wounded or missing — since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in Feb. 2022. As many as 325,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, the report found.

Ukraine targets oil depot in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast, strikes several military facilities in occupied territories, General Staff says. Ukrainian forces struck the Khokholskaya oil depot, causing a fire at the facility that ignited stored petroleum products.

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Spain escorts shadow fleet vessel sanctioned for carrying Russian oil, Reuters reports. The Chariot Tide, formerly known as Marabella Sun, was flying a Mozambique flag when its engine broke down on Jan. 22 in international waters within Spain’s search-and-rescue zone.

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Iran gave hundreds of its missiles to Russia as a gift. So far, they’ve been plagued by failure. Ukrainian intelligence told the Kyiv Independent on Jan. 26 that of the over 350 Fath-360 missiles that Iran has given Russia, none have come down on Ukraine.

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@kuchinster — 2026-01-26 09:48:55

Yogthos wrote the following post Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:55:17 +0100

List of suspected Nazi war criminals welcomed in Canada should stay secret, information watchdog rules.

theglobeandmail.com/politics/a…

#canada #cdnpoli
A secret list of hundreds of alleged Nazi war criminals welcomed by Canada after the Second World War, drawn up 40 years ago, should remain secret, the information watchdog ruled Friday.

The list of more than 700 suspected Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada has remained unpublished since it was drawn up as part of an official inquiry in 1986.

...

Among the estimated 5,000 Nazis said to have settled in Argentina were Adolf Eichmann, one of the Holocaust’s architects, and Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz physician who fled Europe under an assumed identity.

Among the Nazi collaborators who came to Canada was Volodymyr Kubiovych, a Ukrainian who helped organize the SS Galicia division of Ukrainian volunteers opposed to Russia’s advance. He was editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine compiled at the University of Alberta, but died in France in 1985. A photograph of a parade in Lviv, Ukraine, in July, 1943, shows Mr. Kubiovych making a Nazi salute alongside Otto Wächter, a senior member of the SS who also served as governor of Galicia and Krakow.

In 2023, there was an outcry after a veteran of the Nazi-led Galicia SS division Yaroslav Hunka, received two standing ovations in the House of Commons during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

#history #WWII #WW2 #wwii #ww2 #Western #western #nazism #fascism #propaganda #canada #politics #concealment for #eu #europe #european #ukraine #ukrainian #nazi #neo-nazi profit

I'm seeing posts about #French and #Ukrainian intelligences services running false information through the #US, which ended up in Russia, as proof that the US (read: Trump regime) cannot be trusted with intel.

TL;DR: The source referenced for the story about an intentional false information op, does not, to the best of my understanding, talk about a false information op. That spin on the story could be intentional disinformation.

EDIT: from the responses: "actually no, he says that the ua sent info to the US, which ended up in the Russia, thus leading to stronger relations [with] France." h/t @nicolas

EDIT: Based on further info (h/t @VoxClamans) I pulled it through online translation, and started digging deep into my high-school French. Combined with some intense googling ("d'une fuite"?! "From a leak"), I came up with the following translation:

Crouzet: "So, when did this divorce [between Ukrainian and American Intelligence] begin? Obviously, it began on February 28th, 2025, since the famous Oval Office sequence [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tru…], which implies a breakdown of trust between Ukrainian and American intelligence has occurred."

Crouzet: "At the time the two Ukrainians responsible for intelligence, Vasyl Malyuk for the SBU and Kyrylo Boudanov for the GUR representing Ukrainian military intelligence, decided to no longer share the valuable intelligence they possessed with their American partners, including information leaked to Moscow."

Host: "Incredible!"

Crouzet: "It speaks volumes about the depth of the distrust between the intelligence services. So, little by little, we [France] have taken over, so to speak, the role of espionage in Ukraine."

I'm still not sure about whether it is "fearing it would go to Russia" (an interpretation) or "leaked to Russia" (established fact) part though.

Before this segment Crouzet also suggests that if 2/3th of the intel is now provide by France (following the statement by Macron: reuters.com/business/aerospace…), the other European partners (including UK) are providing the rest.

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These posts seems to all originate from a bunch of X/threads post reverencing a part of a French news talk show:

tf1info.fr/replay-lci/videos/v….

According to the screenshots, the part referenced starts from 1:39:23, with Vincent Crouzet, a former operative of the French Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) supposedly claiming this op had taken place.

My #French, certainly outside ordering basic food stuffs and trying to get directions, is somewhere between rusty and non-existent.

Could someone who is better at this tell us if that's actually what's being said by Crouzet?

One possibly reputable Ukrainian news source disputes the news, saying it got from a reliable source that it is disinformation by Kremlin troll farms:

unn.ua/en/news/did-ukraine-all…

#infosec #intelligence #Russia #France #Ukraine #US #disinformation

About the particular case of the Eternal Ukrainian Oligarchy

“Effective management” according to #Kolomoisky: the oligarch inflicted (censor.net/biz/columns/3594885…) UAH 96 billion in direct losses to Ukrnafta during his management

The total amount of violations committed by the oligarch's associates amounted to 200 billion hryvnia [$4.6 billion]. The State Audit Service has already confirmed the facts with an official conclusion. Now, according to the decision of the international court, which Kolomoisky lost to Ukrnafta, the state must recover this amount from the oligarch.

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"Эффективный менеджмент" по-Коломойски: олигарх нанёс 96 млрд грн прямых убытков "Укрнафте" за время своего менеджментаОбщая сумма нарушений, сделанных людьми олигарха, составила 200 млрд грн. ГАСУ уже подтвердила факты официальным заключением.

Let me remind you that the largest synagogue in Europe was built with Igor Kolomoisky's money.
Kolomoisky (who was appointed to lead the Dnepropetrovsk region) was also a sponsor of the Right Sector (right-wing to far-right Ukrainian nationalist organization) in 2014 for unleashing the war in #Donbass.
The country's largest bank (Privatbank) also belonged to Kolomoisky prior to nationalization.
I would also like to remind you that television comedian #Zelensky is Kolomoisky's “former” minion.