Question

Ukraine and Zelenskyy are the biggest "GoFundMe" scam in history.

Answer 1

This is purely opinion based and shouldn't be taken as factual. 

While people should be aware of potential scams that use Ukrainian aid as a front (disb.dc.gov), governmental aid and many other aid programs are actually helping a lot with non-war efforts too like rebuilding, and helping get food to affected areas. Plus not all of the money being "aided" to Ukraine actually goes there directly, it stays in our economy by adding jobs to create weapons, food packages, ammunition, etc (lawfaremedia.org). And none of this is even mentioning how may other countries rely on Russia focussing on Ukraine instead of them (bbc.com). Ukraine does rely on foreign aid right now to measure up to Russian forces but the people, and president, continuously show their gratitude for this help (cbsnews.com).

Comments

Thank you for your response, it helped me a lot with further understanding this topic and I very much agree with you conclusion that this claim is purely opinion based, it lacks in strength to prove this statement but again is purely an opinion presented by an individual with conflicting opinions on this topic regarding this GoFundMe "scam"

Answer 2

The claim that “Ukraine and Zelenskyy are the biggest GoFundMe scam in history,” has no source or evidence and is opinion based. The original claim from social media has no credentials nor did they source anything. The United States has allocated over $100 billion in aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022, and as of 2024 there has been no reported evidence of fraud or misuse of U.S aid. Ukraine aid is structured, the use of the word “scam” seems to be a rhetoric instead of an evidence based critique, a Gofundme scam is typically a personal fundraising that is based on false claims. There is no credible evidence that Ukraine or President Zelenskyy are operating any kind of “scam.” U.S. and international aid programs to Ukraine are legitimate, carefully documented, and subject to regular oversight.

https://www.dodig.mil/

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12040