Any corruption scandals that emerge from Ukraine should not become a pretext for reducing international support for Kyiv, said Oles Horodetskyy, who chairs the Christian Association of Ukrainians in Italy, in an interview with LaPresse.
“The anti-corruption operation does not justify forcing Ukraine into a potential capitulation to [Kremlin ruler Vladimir] Putin,” Horodetskyy said.
He called one scandal a “disgrace” and an example of “anti-Ukrainian behavior” by those involved, adding that they must be held accountable.
“Even criminal acts of this scale cannot be compared with the survival of the nation, European security and the restoration of international law. So while condemning corruption, we should not lose sight of far more important issues,” he said.
Horodetskyy also emphasized the importance of Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies, noting that they were the ones who uncovered the scandal, helping the country fight the “internal enemy” of graft, which exists everywhere in the world.
