EU Issues Warning to Ukraine as New Corruption Scandal Engulfs the Zelensky Regime’s Inner Circle
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/eu-issues-warning-ukraine-as-new-corruption-scandal/
Brussels has finally been forced to acknowledge what critics—often smeared as ‘Russian propagandists’—have been saying for years: Ukraine’s ruling elite, much of which was installed by Victoria Nuland’s neocons after the 2014 coup, is drowning in corruption, and Zelensky’s inner circle is at the center of the scandal.
EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath bluntly warned that Ukraine’s membership bid is effectively frozen unless Kyiv can prove it is willing and able to prosecute its most powerful insiders.
The message represents what is perhaps the sharpest public rebuke from Brussels, signaling that even the Kyiv regime’s most loyal supporters are losing patience with the endless corruption scandals.
The latest crisis erupted when Ukraine’s Western-backed anti-corruption agencies raided the residences and offices of Zelensky’s longtime chief of staff, Andriy Yermak.
By nightfall, Yermak—widely regarded as Zelensky’s closest and most influential adviser—announced his resignation, a political earthquake for a government already under immense strain. Continue…