CORRUPTION DESK

RUSSIAN CLAIMS, THAT a 90 billion Euro loan from the European Union to Ukraine, to keep its war effort going, has already been stolen by Ukrainian officials, has been strongly denied by Brussels.

“We’re aware of Ukrainian corruption and are keeping a keen eye on this new money, and we have confirmed that a single round of ammunition does cost ten thousand dollars on the international market these days,” said a spokesman. “And a million dollars for a shovel is not extortionate, we are assured.”