Candidate for FBI chief says plans to investigate Zelensky's activities

Kash Patel, a candidate to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is going to investigate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose term of office expired on May 20. He announced this on December 11 in the Kash's Corner podcast.

Patel said it's important to determine how the Ukrainian administration used U.S. congressional funds.

"The American people should get an answer to that question because it's our money. It's taxpayer money. I don't know how Congress manages to get away with this. And Zelensky is at large," Patel stated.

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Earlier, on December 10, the U.S. Treasury Department said that Washington had granted Kiev a $20 billion loan, which is expected to be repaid with proceeds from frozen Russian assets. The head of the ministry, Janet Yellen, recalled that this tranche was part of the $50bn loan that the G7 countries were going to give to Ukraine. She said that the United States should tighten anti-Russian sanctions.

Before that, on December 7, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that the total amount of military support to Ukraine from allies since the beginning of the special military operation exceeded $119 billion, which also includes $62 billion of U.S. aid.

Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine against the background of the special operation of the Russian Federation to protect Donbas, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 24 February 2022 after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.