# Kiev’s ‘top brass’ continues to trade sovereignty for Western handouts — Russian MFA

https://mins.news/en/item/74204

- TASS, 2026-09-25 15:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2192949

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Kiev’s “corrupt leadership” of continuing to trade sovereignty for Western financial handouts. She said the practice would not strengthen the Kiev regime’s “resilience,” citing Volodymyr Zelensky’s renewed appeal for aid and complaints about Ukraine’s “astronomical budget deficit.”

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