"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blasted the European Commission for urging EU members to send more money to Ukraine in light of the major corruption scandal, saying Kiev’s “war mafia” is siphoning off European taxpayers’ funds.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sent a letter to EU capitals on Monday urging a swift deal for covering Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years. According to the letter, which was cited by the media, Kiev’s widening budget gap is around €135.7 billion (over $152 billion). She outlined three possible sources of funding – voluntary bilateral contributions by member states, joint borrowing at the EU level, and a reparations loan based on Russia’s immobilized assets.
Orban wrote on X that he had received the letter, which said Ukraine’s financing gap was “significant” and urged EU member states to send more money.
“It’s astonishing. At a time when it has become clear that a war mafia is siphoning off European taxpayers’ money, instead of demanding real oversight or suspending payments, the Commission President suggests we send even more,” he wrote, in an apparent reference to the massive corruption scandal recently uncovered in Ukraine...."
Funding Kiev’s ‘war mafia’ is like vodka for an alcoholic – Orban
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Funding Kiev’s ‘war mafia’ is like vodka for an alcoholic – Orban
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has criticized the European Commission’s call for EU states to plug Ukraine’s widening budget gap
