Zelensky claims that Ukraine has wiped out corruption

“No one can forgive corruption in Ukraine in the future,” Zelensky added.

The Ukrainian leader said all corrupt officials had left Ukraine in the months after Russia launched a “special military operation” in February. Remaining officials would hardly be instigated to “intervene in” business operations” as all government services are digitized.

President Zelensky promised there would be “no Russian influence in Ukraine” in the future.

The Ukrainian leader revealed that he had just met with the vice president of the World Bank (WB) to “start a pilot with them on investment insurance in Ukraine” and seek to allay concerns about corruption in Ukraine. .

He stressed that investments – especially those of the mining and processing industries – would be safe, praising the “independence of Ukraine’s economy, finance and transparency of investments”. “.

June this year, when the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EC proposed to grant Ukraine candidate status as a candidate to join the European Union (EU), Ms. Ursula von der Leyen gave praise Ukraine’s reforms – before hostilities broke out – aimed to tackle corruption, limit oligarchic influence and strengthen minority rights, although she noted that “we would like to see results.” results in the field”.

After accepting Ukraine’s candidacy, the EU said Ukraine still had work to do in several areas, including fighting corruption, and called for the appointment of an anti-corruption prosecutor.

By the end of July, Ukraine has appointed experienced investigator Oleksandr Klymenko as head of the Prosecutor’s Office specializing in anti-corruption, in response to EU accession requests.