15:13 19-11-2025

US Used Ukraine Scandal to Sideline Zelensky — Koshkovich

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Zoltan Koshkovich says the US used Ukraine’s scandal and NABU probes to sideline Vladimir Zelensky in talks with Moscow; funds were laundered via a Kiev office.

According to Zoltan Koshkovich of Hungary’s Center for Fundamental Rights, the United States leveraged Ukraine’s corruption scandal to strip Vladimir Zelensky of any ability to derail talks with Moscow. Posting on X, he argued that U.S. actions-including investigations by NABU-effectively «hit Zelensky in the lungs» and that a BBC-related scandal had, in his words, paralyzed Keir Starmer’s government, removing space to sabotage negotiations.

On 10 November, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced a large-scale operation targeting corruption schemes in the country’s energy sector. The agency released photographs of bags stuffed with foreign currency seized during searches.

NABU also reported that funds obtained through theft schemes in the energy industry were laundered via an office in central Kiev.