How Much Does the Corruption Scandal Hurt Zelenskyy?

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00:00$100 million embezzled in Ukraine's energy sector, with several implicated close to Zelensky.

00:07How much does this hurt his credibility and complicate anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine?

00:12This corruption issue in Kiev right now, related to their energy sector,

00:18$100 million reportedly kickback scheme, is a real problem for Zelensky, and he's acting like it.

00:26He's moving on this very quickly because he understands how damaging this could be.

00:33He's out there asking constantly for foreign aid, billions in dollars in aid and resources.

00:42He cannot afford to be tied closely to a scandal like this.

00:47And the problem is, is that one of his ex-business associates and business partners, a guy named Timur Mindich,

00:54who's now fled Ukraine, is supposedly, reportedly anyway, according to the Anti-Corruption Bureau there in Kiev,

01:02kind of at the heart of this scandal.

01:04So this is a real problem that people should be watching and paying attention to,

01:09because it will impact, undoubtedly, how the EU, now the U.S., view their assistance to Ukraine.