Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was the one who tried to corrupt Ukraine. He was working for Putin, And got Putin’s full support to ravage Ukraine from the inside - like slow poison.
Zelensky on the other hand was elected as the Ukrainian Trump, to clear up corruption (largely put in place by Moscow influence).
When former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country following the 2014 Maidan revolution, Ukrainian citizens who stormed his Mezhyhirya mansion discovered a palace of cartoonish opulence with guilded bathrooms, a private zoo, and a floating restaurant in the shape of a pirate ship. A good illustration of this extravagance is the $11 million he allegedly paid for a chandelier and his seven tablecloths worth a staggering $13,000.
This private opulence was all paid for with public money. Embezzlement in the Yanukovych era is said to have taken the form of theft, corruption in public procurement, rigged energy prices, and misuse of carbon-emissions allowances.
Yanukovych and his associates, known as ‘the Family’, are believed to have embezzled as much as $37 billion and stashed it in bank accounts and company shares around the world, including in EU countries such as Austria, Latvia, Cyprus, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Whole story here:
Viktor Yanukovych: corruption, opulence and decadence in Ukraine
US increases pressure on Ukraine to do more to counter corruption
Obviously Yanukovych had been learning from his master—Putin. But he still had a way to go to reach $200 billion.