2023-09-05 09:29:42
2023-09-05 17:29 United Daily News compiled by Zhou Chenyang/Instant Report The outgoing Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov said that Ukraine spends 100 million U.S. dollars (approximately Taiwan dollars) every day to fight Russia…
Outgoing Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov revealed in an exclusive interview with state-run media that Ukraine spends US$100 million (approximately NT$3.2 billion) a day to defend against Russian invasion.
Ukraine’s Kiev Independent and state-run media “Ukrinform” reported that Reznikov pointed out in an exclusive interview that “the war will cost us 100 million dollars a day.” The funds, he said, “are provided by Ukrainian citizens, they pay taxes and the money goes from the budget to the army”.
Reznikov said that since the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, volunteer groups have provided only 3% of all the equipment that has reached the front line, “so it is unfair to claim that everything is done by volunteers”.
The Russian official media “Russia Today” reported that Reznikov claimed in an exclusive interview that the corruption scandals surrounding the military and the “labels” that critics can’t wait to put on them have scared businessmen away and no longer cooperate with the Ministry of Defense. “I often meet with large associations and speak in their forums. They say that they are not comfortable contracting with the Ministry of Defense or other state institutions because they will be harassed by law enforcement agencies and their accounts may be seized”.
In reality, “everyone is corrupt, there are no decent people in the world,” Reznikov said.
Earlier news reported that under the leadership of Reznikov, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine broke out during the Russo-Ukrainian War to purchase military rations and uniforms, and other scandals such as flooding prices. Reznikov denied any illegal acts, and submitted his resignation letter on the 4th, claiming that the procurement and purchase procedures had been reformed during his tenure, and that the tasks and tasks assigned when he took office had been “full fulfilled”.
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