Overview
- Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Ihor Fursenko held for 60 days with 95 million UAH bail, after jailing Energoatom security chief Dmytro Basov, ex–energy minister’s adviser Ihor Mironyuk and Lesia Ustymenko under high bail conditions.
- NABU’s ‘Midas’ case now includes formal suspicions for seven figures tied to schemes at Energoatom, with fresh audio released; alleged co‑organizer Oleksandr Tsukerman denied wrongdoing and said he would return to Ukraine at an unspecified time.
- The government sent parliament dismissals of the justice and energy ministers, proposed RNBO sanctions on Timur Mindich and Tsukerman, dissolved Energoatom’s supervisory board, suspended vice president Jakob Hartmut and ordered urgent audits.
- G7 foreign ministers pledged to tighten pressure on Russia and confirmed ongoing work on mechanisms that include further use of frozen Russian sovereign assets, while the UK announced £13 million for energy repairs and plans to curb services for Russian LNG shipping in 2026.
- EU finance ministers are debating technical designs for financing that leverages frozen Russian assets, with France citing a shared vision and Denmark and Lithuania urging sustained backing for Ukraine as the US holds talks on defense and energy equipment deliveries.