> "Ukraine's making surprisingly rapid progress on its EU accession checklist." I think people have forgetten just how corrupt Ukraine is. It has regularly bee

> "Ukraine's making surprisingly rapid progress on its EU accession checklist." I think people have forgetten just how corrupt Ukraine is. It has regularly been ranked the most corrupt nation in Europe (yes, worse than Russia and Hungary!). Perhaps the war has suppressed it somewhat due to increased patriotism, increased scrutiny, etc, but corruption is so ingrained the culture that it's very difficult to imagine it disappearing just because they want to join the EU.