So corrupt was the previous government that only €10,000 were in the state coffers when Mr Yatsenyuk took office. But I wish to see a Churchillian style among European leaders,” he said. As he sought help abroad, Mr Yatsenyuk faced constant crises at home. Vladimir Putin ‘is laughing at us’, says Mr Yatsenyuk Credit: Mikhail Metzel/EPA/ShutterstockInstead of holding summits and inventing a “coalition of the willing”, Europe should just take the necessary action. “Could you just stop inventing all these fancy phrases?” asked Mr Yatsenyuk.