Overview
- NABU and SAPO said Operation Midas, a 15‑month probe with 70 searches, uncovered roughly $100 million laundered through schemes linked to state nuclear operator Energoatom.
- Prosecutors accused Timour Minditch, a co‑owner of Zelensky’s former production studio Kvartal 95, of organizing the network, and investigators said he left Ukraine before the raids.
- Five suspects were detained and seven indicted, while the government dismissed Energoatom’s supervisory board and ordered an emergency state audit.
- Prime Minister Ioulia Svyrydenko announced the suspension of Justice Minister German Galushchenko, and President Volodymyr Zelensky requested both his and Energy Minister Svitlana Grintchouk’s departures; Grintchouk submitted her resignation.
- Officials signaled forthcoming sanctions on Minditch and another businessman, as public anger grows and EU scrutiny of Ukraine’s anti-corruption commitments intensifies.