2026年8月30日 美国东部时间晚上8:30 / 福克斯新闻
专家称随着针对泽连斯基核心圈子的腐败调查范围扩大，美国对乌数十亿美元援助仍受保护
作者：艾玛·巴西 福克斯新闻
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一位地区安全专家周日表示，在乌克兰持续与腐败问题作斗争之际，华盛顿正依靠广泛的保障措施和数十个监督机构，对美国对乌克兰的数十亿美元援助进行审查和保护。
此次监督行动开展之际，弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基总统的核心圈子正面临着调查范围扩大带来的新政治压力，自2025年以来已有多名高级官员和助手辞职、被解雇或面临调查。
8月19日，泽连斯基解雇了总统办公室副主任伊琳娜·穆德拉，当时反腐败调查人员正在追查涉及该办公室另一名副主任的洗钱案。
据美联社报道，调查人员尚未将穆德拉列为嫌疑人。
泽连斯基称普京“失去主动权”，乌克兰科技行业重塑战争形态
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基2026年7月1日在都柏林城堡举行的爱尔兰第八次欧盟主席国就职仪式后，与欧盟和爱尔兰领导人举行会晤并召开新闻发布会。（保罗·费思 / 法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“当然，在所有前苏联国家中，腐败问题都相当严重，”前美国国务院副助理国务卿卡丽·菲利佩蒂告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她目前是范登堡联盟执行主任。
“还有大量工作要做。但我们知道，至少在美国方面，我们在为他们的军事行动提供支持时，拥有诸多机制，”她随后解释了数十个机构如何对美国对乌援助进行监督。
国会报告显示，自2022年2月至2026年3月，美国通过总统拨款权、乌克兰安全援助倡议和外国军事融资计划，向乌克兰承诺提供678亿美元的防务装备和服务。
这一支持是美国对战争更广泛回应的一部分。
据外交关系委员会数据，约1950亿美元已被拨入“大西洋决心行动”，其中包括补充美国武器库存、支持美国在欧洲的军事行动以及提供经济、发展和人道主义援助的资金。
随着特朗普的北约押注见效，特使列出仍需关注的盟友
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基和总统办公室主任安德烈·伊尔马克2024年1月22日在乌克兰基辅会见波兰总理唐纳德·图斯克。（马克西姆·马鲁森科/努法通社 via 美联社）
“超过24个联邦机构参与了监督工作，”菲利佩蒂说。“为确保不会给美国纳税人带来损失，确保我们的装备不会因腐败问题受损，美国的援助确实得到了保护。”
然而近几个月来，乌克兰多名高级官员辞职、被解雇或受到该国包括国家反腐败局在内的独立反腐败机构的审查。
这些事件包括安德烈·伊尔马克于2025年11月28日辞职，此前调查人员搜查了他的住所，以及穆德拉在8月19日的洗钱调查中被解雇。
据《基辅邮报》报道，前副总理奥尔加·斯特凡尼希娜于8月3日被泽连斯基解除乌克兰驻美大使职务，两天后她收到了涉嫌违法的通知。
泽连斯基还于7月15日解雇了国防部长米哈伊尔·费多罗夫，此次大范围内阁改组是因战时内部分歧引发全国抗议。
泽连斯基向美欧施压，要求提供更多“防空”援助，俄乌战争持续进行
7月，因采购改革分歧，国防部长米哈伊尔·费多罗夫被解雇，乌克兰局势紧张升级。（蒂埃里·莫纳塞/盖蒂图片社）
据路透社报道，费多罗夫卸任政府职务后在采访中抱怨了他所说的根深蒂固的腐败和任人唯亲网络。
“我们看到泽连斯基非常认真地对待腐败批评，每次出现指控，他都会迅速将相关人员从政府中清除，”菲利佩蒂说。
“而且我认为，这些独立机构的存在非常重要。他们会听取这些举报，确保尽最大努力铲除腐败。”
北约渴望拥有的两种最重要的美国武器系统
2025年12月28日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在佛罗里达州棕榈滩的海湖庄园会见乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基。（乔·雷德尔/盖蒂图片社）
泽连斯基驳斥了有关调查牵连到他本人的说法。
“反腐败机构的负责人对我没有任何疑问，”泽连斯基在8月23日发布的有关调查的讲话中说。“他们非常清楚，我没有参与任何类似事情。”
2024年2月美国国际开发署监察长的一份审查发现，该机构在报销前未独立核实部分乌克兰医护人员的薪资申报情况，但菲利佩蒂表示，美国的经济援助现在只有在核实后才会拨付。
“美国提供的大部分援助，我们现在确保所有款项都通过报销机制发放，”菲利佩蒂说。
泽连斯基政府高级官员因1亿美元腐败丑闻提交辞呈
2025年7月14日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在椭圆形办公室会见北约秘书长马克·吕特时表示，美国将向乌克兰提供更多爱国者导弹。（肖恩·加拉格尔/盖蒂图片社）
她表示，美国的援助并未与此次洗钱指控挂钩，在乌克兰努力打击腐败的同时，援助仍受到保护。
此次审查之际，基辅正面临爱国者拦截弹短缺问题，俄罗斯空袭加剧，乌克兰对防空拦截弹的需求迫切。
泽连斯基表示，他希望在即将到来的冬季获得额外300枚拦截弹，而乌克兰空军则请求提供360枚。
“乌克兰目前最迫切的需求之一就是拦截弹，”菲利佩蒂说。“因此，提供爱国者防空系统并允许乌克兰在本土生产这些武器的想法，对泽连斯基来说变得如此重要。”
俄罗斯的天然气赌博适得其反，特朗普的能源愿景重塑欧洲
乌克兰向俄罗斯境内目标发射国产远程FP-5“火烈鸟”巡航导弹。（东正西）
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唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，他不愿进一步削减美国的导弹库存，称美国也需要这些武器，同时敦促欧洲盟友承担更多乌克兰国防负担。
“我们也需要导弹，”特朗普在8月6日被问及泽连斯基请求提供远程导弹和爱国者系统时说道。“拜登给了他那么多，拜登提供了价值3000亿美元的弹药。”
菲利佩蒂还表示，乌克兰的反腐败努力仍是其加入北约愿望的重要考量因素。
“我认为每个国家都坚决主张乌克兰推进其反腐败机制建设，”菲利佩蒂说。
“显然，如果乌克兰希望正式成为北约成员国，这是他们需要证明和展示的一点。”
艾玛·巴西是福克斯新闻数字频道突发新闻撰稿人。加入福克斯之前，她曾在《每日电讯报》美国夜班团队工作，负责过外交、政治、新闻、体育和文化等多个版面。
Billions in US aid to Ukraine under microscope as corruption rocks Zelenskyy’s inner circle
August 30, 2026 8:30pm EDT / Fox News
Expert says billions in US aid to Ukraine remain protected as corruption probes widen around Zelenskyy’s inner circle
By Emma Bussey Fox News
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Washington is relying on extensive safeguards and dozens of oversight agencies to scrutinize and protect billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Ukraine amid the country’s continuing struggle with corruption, a regional security expert said Sunday.
The oversight comes as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s inner circle faces renewed political pressure from widening investigations, with several senior officials and aides resigning, being dismissed or facing investigations since 2025.
Zelenskyy dismissed Iryna Mudra, a deputy head of the presidential office, on Aug. 19 as anti-corruption investigators pursued a money-laundering case involving another deputy head of the office.
Investigators have not named Mudra as a suspect, The Associated Press reported.
ZELENSKYY SAYS PUTIN ‘LOST THE INITIATIVE’ AS UKRAINE’S TECH INDUSTRY RESHAPES THE WAR
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a press conference after meetings with the heads of the EU and Ireland, following a formal ceremony to mark the launch of Ireland’s eighth EU presidency, at Dublin Castle in Dublin on July 1, 2026.(Paul Faith / AFP via Getty Images)
“Of course, in all of the former Soviet Union countries, there is significant corruption,” former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Carrie Filipetti, now executive director of the Vandenberg Coalition, told Fox News Digital.
“A lot more work needs to be done. But we know, at least on the U.S. side, as we’re providing support for their military, we have a lot of mechanisms,” she said before explaining how dozens of agencies are working on oversight of U.S. aid to Ukraine.
The U.S. committed $67.8 billion in defense articles and services to Ukraine from February 2022 through March 2026 through the Presidential Drawdown Authority, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and Foreign Military Financing, congressional reports show.
That support is part of a broader U.S. response to the war.
About $195 billion has been appropriated for Operation Atlantic Resolve, including funds to replenish U.S. weapons stocks, support U.S. military operations in Europe and provide economic, development and humanitarian assistance, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.
AS TRUMP’S NATO GAMBLE PAYS OFF, ENVOY NAMES ALLIES HE’S STILL WATCHING
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak are meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 22, 2024.(Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via AP)
“Over 24 federal agencies are involved in oversight,” Filipetti said. “To make certain that there are no consequences to the U.S. taxpayer, to our equipment in terms of the corruption issue, U.S. contributions are very much protected.”
In recent months, however, senior Ukrainian officials have resigned, been dismissed or faced scrutiny by the country’s independent anti-corruption bodies, including NABU.
Those developments include Andriy Yermak’s Nov. 28, 2025, resignation after investigators searched his premises and Mudra’s Aug. 19 dismissal during a money-laundering probe.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna was dismissed by Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. on Aug. 3, two days before a suspicion notice was served against her, according to the Kyiv Post.
He also fired Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov on July 15 in a broader reshuffle over internal wartime disagreements which sparked protests across the nation.
ZELENSKYY PRESSURES US AND EUROPE FOR MORE ‘AIR DEFENSE’ ASSISTANCE AMID ONGOING WAR WITH RUSSIA
Tensions escalated in Ukraine in July when Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov was dismissed following rifts over procurement reforms.(Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
In interviews after he left government, Fedorov also complained about what he described as ingrained corruption and patronage networks, Reuters reported.
“We’ve seen that Zelenskyy is taking really seriously the criticisms of corruption, and every time there is an allegation, he moves very swiftly to remove those individuals from the government,” Filipetti said.
“And the fact that there are these independent bodies is, I think, really important. They’re listening to them. They’re making sure that they’re trying to root it out as much as humanly possible.”
THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN WEAPONS SYSTEMS NATO IS EAGER TO HAVE
President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Zelenskyy has pushed back on suggestions that the investigations implicate him personally.
“The heads of anti-corruption agencies have zero questions for me,” Zelenskyy said in remarks published Aug. 23 regarding the investigations. “They understand perfectly well that I am not involved in anything like that.”
A February 2024 USAID inspector general review also found that the agency did not independently verify some Ukrainian health workers’ salary claims before reimbursement, though Filipetti said U.S. economic aid is now reimbursed only after verification.
“A lot of what the United States has been providing, we’re making sure that everything is through a reimbursement mechanism,” Filipetti said.
TOP UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS IN ZELENSKYY GOVERNMENT SUBMIT RESIGNATIONS AMID $100 MILLION CORRUPTION SCANDAL
President Donald Trump said the United States would send more Patriot missiles to Ukraine during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on July 14, 2025.(Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
She said U.S. aid has not been tied to the money-laundering allegations and remains protected as Ukraine works to combat corruption.
The scrutiny also comes as Kyiv faces shortages of Patriot interceptors amid intensified Russian strikes and a need for air defense interceptors.
Zelenskyy said he wants to secure 300 additional interceptors for the coming winter, while Ukraine’s air force has requested 360.
“One of the most urgent needs that the Ukrainians have right now is interceptor missiles,” Filipetti said. “This is why this idea of sending Patriot capabilities and allowing them to produce them on the ground in Ukraine has become so important to Zelenskyy.”
RUSSIA’S GAS GAMBLE BACKFIRES AS TRUMP’S ENERGY VISION RESHAPES EUROPE
Ukraine launches domestically produced long-range FP-5 “Flamingo” cruise missiles toward targets in Russia.(East2west)
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President Donald Trump has expressed reluctance to further deplete U.S. missile inventories, saying the United States also needs the weapons, while pressing European allies to shoulder more of Ukraine’s defense burden.
“We want missiles too,” Trump said Aug. 6 when asked about Zelenskyy’s requests for long-range missiles and Patriot systems. “Biden gave him so much, Biden gave $300 billion worth of ammunition.”
Filipetti also said Ukraine’s anti-corruption efforts remain an important consideration for its NATO aspirations.
“I think every country has been really adamant that the Ukrainians move forward in their anti-corruption mechanisms,” Filipetti said.
“Obviously, if Ukraine ever wants to be a formal member of NATO, that’s something that they will need to prove and demonstrate.”
Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.