KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European Union officials warned Ukraine on Thursday that it must keep cracking down on graft in the wake of a major corruption scandal that could hurt the country's ability to attract financial help. But they also offered assurances that aid will continue to flow as Kyiv strains to hold back Russia's invasion .

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stressed European concerns about corruption when he spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy , whose administration has been engulfed by the scandal involving embezzlement and kickbacks at the state-owned nuclear power company. It’s fast becoming one of the most significant government crises since the full-scale invasion, with media reports implicating a close associate of Zelenskyy.

Merz “underlined

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