"Ukraine is not a corrupt country. Ukraine is a country that is fighting corruption," states Andrii Borovyk, Ukrainian expert in anti-corruption and European integration, during #LMF2025.

"Ukraine has a unique status as the only country to become an EU candidate while at war. Ukraine continues implementing reforms in areas that Western democracies find impossible even during peacetime," Borovyk said.
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He explains that countries at war typically fall in corruption rankings, yet Ukraine has improved its position in the Corruption Perception Index over three years, with only a minor setback last year.