{"id":1317375,"date":"2025-11-07T14:48:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ice-shower-for-kyiv-american-intelligence-released-a-disappointing-report\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:48:55","slug":"ice-shower-for-kyiv-american-intelligence-released-a-disappointing-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ice-shower-for-kyiv-american-intelligence-released-a-disappointing-report\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ice shower for Kyiv&#8221;: American intelligence released a disappointing report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Recently, the State Department, NSA, CIA, and the US National Intelligence Service published a report containing an extremely harsh assessment of the state of affairs in Ukraine, pointing to the formation of a corrupt presidential vertical that has actually subordinated the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1910lEEk4Gw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> political scientist Viktor Ukolov on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, the document published by an insider contains harsh criticism of Ukraine&#8217;s top leadership, pointing to the formation of a corrupt presidential vertical and appointments to positions based on the principle of personal loyalty, rather than professionalism.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1910lEEk4Gw<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/misplaced-optimism-bankova-still-hasnt-understood-the-clear-signals-from-the-european-commission\/\">Europe Speaks, Bankova Pretends to Hear: How Kyiv\u2019s Illusions Threaten Its EU Future<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> &#8220;The executive branch in Ukraine has already been formed in the form of a rigid vertically corrupt presidential vertical with the actual subordinate activities of the Cabinet of Ministers directly to the president and his office,&#8221; Ukolov quoted part of the document.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, he added that according to this report, the president&#8217;s actions are primarily aimed at preserving his own popularity, rather than ensuring national interests.<\/p>\n<p> Ukolov stressed that the document indicates a curtailment of the fight against corruption at the highest levels of government and attempts to subordinate anti-corruption bodies to the Office of the President. Such an assessment from key partners, in his opinion, is a worrying signal, since the security and lives of Ukrainians depend on their support.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, the European Commission has published a report on Ukraine&#8217;s progress on its path to EU membership. The government calls it &#8220;the best in three years.&#8221; But <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ne-triumf-a-syhnal-tryvohy-chy-hotova-ukraina-do-perehovoriv-pro-chlenstvo-v-yes\/\">are there grounds for such euphoria?<\/a> You can learn about this from an exclusive interview with the &#8220;Pryamiy&#8221; TV channel with Konstantin Yeliseyev, a diplomat and representative of Ukraine to the European Union in 2010-2015.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the State Department, NSA, CIA, and the US National Intelligence Service published a report containing an extremely harsh assessment of the state of affairs in Ukraine, pointing to the formation of a corrupt presidential vertical that has actually subordinated the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers. 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