RT 15 Dec, 2025

Ukraine is a “black hole” of corruption that has swallowed billions of euros sent by the European Union, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.

Kiev was rocked by its latest major graft scandal last month when a close associate of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Timur Mindich, was accused of running a $100 million kickback scheme in the energy sector. The investigation has led to the resignations of Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, and other top officials.

In a social media post accompanying an interview on Saturday with Slovensko Radio, Fico said there had been “shouts” when he previously warned to “watch out for corruption” in Kiev, arguing the EU did not know where the €177 billion ($208 billion) it has given Ukraine had ended up.

He said he wanted no part of a new plan to provide a further aid for Ukraine, “above all” for arms, and stressed he would never back any financial package aimed at buying weapons that would “kill more people.”

“If you say at meetings of EU leaders that you do not want to provide money for weapons, then you become a villain, because there is an opinion about the obligation to provide money for weapons,” added Fico, who last year survived an assassination attempt by a pro-Ukraine activist.

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