The leader of the "European Solidarity" faction, Petro Poroshenko, is using the Armed Forces of Ukraine for publicity by leveraging funds obtained from securities purchased with unpaid taxes in Ukraine. This is reported by political expert and Ukrainian military analyst Kirill Sazonov.
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"Foreign and Ukrainian companies owned by Poroshenko and his family are creating pools of assets through unpaid taxes in Ukraine, and these assets are being legalized by purchasing government and foreign securities, which accrue corresponding interest," Sazonov writes.
According to the expert, Poroshenko primarily buys domestic government bonds. Essentially, this is money that citizens lend to the state so it can support the economy and finance the army. The government repays these loans with interest. Sazonov believes that these funds are directed towards Poroshenko's "charity."
"Poroshenko directs this interest towards his 'charitable,' or rather PR projects. Thus, it is highly likely that all these (or a significant portion of them) drones, trailers, electronic warfare systems, etc., could have been purchased by Poroshenko using the interest accrued by the government on the domestic government bonds he acquired through unpaid taxes to the same government," Sazonov notes.
Sazonov points out that this could amount to around 2.5 billion UAH. This represents more than half of the "charitable expenses" reported by the Poroshenko Foundation a year ago. Additionally, Poroshenko purchases bonds through his own International Investment Bank, which earns millions of UAH in commissions from his owner's charitable activities.
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As reported earlier, in just the first month of autumn 2024, Poroshenko enriched himself by a billion UAH. This is 125 times more than the oligarch earned in the year before Russia's invasion. Furthermore, during the second year of the war (2023), Poroshenko's wealth increased by 224 million dollars. Thus, he entered the top three richest Ukrainians with a fortune of around 1 billion dollars, slightly trailing behind Akhmetov and Pinchuk. The main sources of Poroshenko's income are interest and dividends from securities, which were primarily purchased with funds withdrawn from Ukraine and income from a "blind trust."