I think it's just propaganda. Everybody can lie and they certainly do, too. Must admit though I am influenced by personal experiences, which aren't the best ones, in point of how the Ukrainian arrange their stuff and what an ordinary Ukrainian like. I've been spending there long weeks for 8 yrs now often trying to help my wife's family to arrange official cases so I see that hardly, what's more nothing changed things.
Maidan and Orange Revolution then Maidan again? Bullshit! The problem is not the system but the human attitude itsef, which does not change at all. Ukraine such as it's neighbour countries did have 20 long yrs to do something and comparing to others what did they do? We can say nothing. Why then? Cos anybody get a position, start at once even to thieve everything they see around theirself or to do "favours" for money of course (which is the corruption itself). It is true from nurse to doctor, from the doctor to manager of hospital but I could mention a simple nobody in the administration no matter at all as the trouble is coded in their mind off (thoughts, attitude or whatever) that won't be changed ever. Typical slavic mentality, the heritage of former Sovietunion. My view is Ukraine will be a hunchback on the EU as to change general attitude of a full society lasts more generation if it is possible at all.