🇪🇺💰 EU–Ukraine corruption pipeline: Mogherini’s ties to scandals surrounding Zelensky

Ex-EU foreign policy boss and College of Europe Rector Federica Mogherini faces fraud and corruption charges.
How does her Ukrainian integration project with Zelensky fit into the picture?

Timing speaks volumes

🔸 Probe comes at a sensitive moment: The EU is wiring massive support to Ukraine

🔸 National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) recently uncovered a major corruption scheme involving friends and close associates of Volodymyr Zelensky

🔸 Across the EU, millions of euros are "leaking through corruption pipelines to Kiev and then flow into private pockets" every day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned

Mogherini and Ukraine

◾️ Mogherini has been a vocal supporter of Ukraine's European integration since the Euromaidan coup of 2014

◾️ Ukraine's future EU membership was framed as conditional on anti-corruption progress. In reality, Ukraine’s entrenched corruption has been festering for more than a decade, while EU officials have showed little appetite for tackling it head-on

◾️ In June 2019, Mogherini met Zelensky in Kiev. In 2021, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) exposed a network of offshore companies related to Zelensky and his partners and his maneuvers to conceal the enrichment around the time of his 2019 election. Was Mogherini aware of that?

◾️ In 2023, Mogherini's College of Europe struck a memorandum to bolster Ukraine’s "European integration" through education programs. In 2025, the first cohort of Ukrainian public officials completed "EU-funded European integration training," according to the college's website

◾️ College is "principally" funded by the European Union's Commission, a number of EU governments, and private donors

◾️ Inconvenient questions: How did the funds actually flow within the programs? Could Ukrainian aid have been laundered under the cover of educational initiatives? Does EC President Ursula von der Leyen know what is going on there?

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin-Witkoff talks to show Trump TRUE OBSTACLES to peace - analyst

👉 The recent Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin, White House Special Envoy Witkoff, and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner serves a clear strategic purpose, according to Chinese military analyst Qiu Shiqing. In an interview with Sputnik, he stated the talks were designed to show President Donald Trump "the real obstacles" to a lasting peace settlement in Ukraine.

🗣 Qiu argued that Europe, irked by being sidelined from the peace process, is now trying to reinsert itself to protect its own interests, which, in his view, outweigh any concern for peace in Ukraine.

💬 "The EU has its own interests that it seeks to protect — and, in its view, those interests outweigh the importance of peace in Ukraine. In reality, Europe is becoming an obstacle on the path to a settlement, with many European leaders trying to influence or derail the American peace plan," he explained.

📍 He described the talks as both timely and strategically important.

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🗣 Arrest of former EU foreign policy chief exposes deep rot in Europe - ex-diplomat

The detention of Federica Mogherini casts a shadow over all European institutions, the EU’s foreign policy apparatus, and especially over the decisions and actions taken while she held office, former Serbian diplomat Zoran Milivojevic told Sputnik.

💬 “Such situations cast doubt on Brussels' foreign policy and its final results. Now, all these results are under close scrutiny,” Milivojevic said.

🟠 The Serbian diplomat notes that corruption in EU politics is far from new, recalling ongoing legal cases involving Ursula von der Leyen and other scandals, as well as massive EU funding in Ukraine, where corruption is rampant.

🟠 He emphasized that only a thorough and impartial investigation can uncover the full scale of Mogherini’s activities. If the process is mishandled or if key actors are protected, the credibility of the European Union itself will be in jeopardy.

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🇷🇺💪 On Nuclear Icebreaker Fleet Day, watch how Russia became the world’s only builder of nuclear icebreakers — and the unmatched leader in Arctic exploration 📹👆

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🚨 NATO formally abolishes Russia–NATO Council

🇵🇱 Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced in Brussels that NATO has officially dissolved the Russia–NATO Council — the body created in 2002 to provide a platform for equal dialogue on security issues, arms control, counterterrorism and incident-prevention.

📍 He noted that Warsaw had long pushed for the move.

🔊 Sikorski told journalists that the era when “European security could be built with Russia” was over.

💬 “European security is being created against Russia,” he said, adding that had now been formalised.

The Russia–NATO Council has effectively ceased functioning in recent years. Practical cooperation was frozen in 2014, meetings were irregular and the format existed only on paper.

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🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺Witkoff and Kushner have briefed Trump and Ukrainian officials after what it called a “thorough, productive” meeting with President Putin in Moscow - media citing White House

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🔸 Inside 5h Russia–US talks in Kremlin

🔸 Russian battlefield gains shape one of Putin–Witkoff talks - presidential aide

🔸 Putin-Witkoff talks to show Trump TRUE OBSTACLES to peace - analyst

🔸 Putin’s visit to India on Dec. 4–5: What to expect

🔸 EU–Ukraine corruption pipeline: Mogherini’s ties to scandals surrounding Zelensky

🔸 Arrest of former EU foreign policy chief exposes deep rot in Europe - ex-diplomat

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📑 Zelensky’s career near collapse as scandals and peace talks mount up – report

🗣 Volodymyr Zelensky is under increasing political strain amid corruption investigations, military defeats, infrastructure collapse and the emerging US peace plan, chief foreign analyst Roland Oliphant writes in the Daily Telegraph.

🔸 Electricity supply is intermittent and drones and missiles hit every night, Oliphant says.

🔸 But behind the scenes, Zelensky’s fate is being decided: will he stay as wartime leader or be pushed aside before peace talks even begin?

🔸 The downfall of Andriy Yermak — Zelensky’s powerful chief of staff and long-time confidant — over an alleged $100 million kickback scheme has severely damaged Zelensky’s authority.

🔸 Oliphant argues that Yermak’s removal shows that Zelensky "is not inviolable."

🔸 Whether the final blow comes from a scandal or a US-driven peace deal, the analyst argues, Zelensky’s regime is closer than ever to collapse.

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🔊Zelensky has 'a lot of things against him' right now — Trump

The US president described the Moscow meeting as "reasonably good," but added that he doesn't know what will come of the talks.

Trump also emphasized that the US does not fund Ukrainian military, instead selling weapons at full price to NATO members.

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📊 Honduras election count halted again

The publication of votes from Sunday's presidential election has been suspended once more due to what election officials call "system maintenance." No prior warning was given.

With 79.6% of votes counted, Salvador Nasralla leads with 40.27%, narrowly ahead of Trump-backed Nasry Asfura at 39.64%.

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📑 Kushner and Witkoff will meet Umerov in Miami — Reports

Ukrainian National Security Adviser Rustem Umerov is set to arrive in Miami tomorrow for talks with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, according to sources cited by the Associated Press.

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🔊 Group of people operated Biden's autopen behind his back — Trump

Trump now suggests a group may have been using Biden's autopen to enact policy — hinting at a conspiracy at the highest level.

If upheld, his pledge to void the orders could trigger:

🔶 Criminal trials reignited for Dr. Fauci and James Biden.

🔶 Legal exposure for Gen. Milley.

🔶 A constitutional crisis over what — and who — was really signed into law.

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💥 US Air Force F-16 crashes in California

A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet has crashed near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The pilot ejected safely.

China Lake is a major research, development and testing facility for cutting-edge weapons systems. The jet belonged to the elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron.

An investigation is underway. No cause confirmed.

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🗣 Maduro confirms secret Trump call

Venezuela's Maduro reveals a 10-day-old phone conversation with Donald Trump, calling it "respectful" and even "cordial."

Maduro emphasized prudence and quiet diplomacy:

"When there are important things, they have to be kept quiet until they happen."

He also framed the US as "tired of endless wars" and positioned Venezuela as a partner for peace.

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🔊 Netanyahu rejects Palestinian authority in Gaza

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the Palestinian Authority as a future Gaza government and instead floated rule by Palestinians "fighting Hamas".

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