Senior British diplomat in Moscow has the perfect description for the BBC

Ian Proud was a senior diplomat at the British Embassy in Moscow from July 2014 to February 2019. Here he talks to Judge Andrew Napolitano.

IP: But of course, the problem is that even if the war ends, Judge, the Europeans will still be on the hook for over a hundred billion dollars, you know, because Ukraine's army isn't going to shrink overnight. They're still going to spend a vast amount next year, far more money than they actually have in their possession. They will need that money from Europe, you know, because they won't get it from the US. So actually whether or not peace happens is separate to the fact the Europeans have a massive bill on their hands to pay in the next two, three, four years to keep the Ukrainian finances in the black. And nobody's asked European citizens whether they're happy about this at the time of de-industrialisation and cost of living crisis.


AN: Does the revelation - we all knew about it but does the revelation of the massive corruption scandal in Kyiv resonate in European capitals?


IP: I don't think it does enough you know, quite frankly, and it's reported, certainly on the BBC which is kind of the UK's version of Russia Today, in a very kind of toned down way.