Tusk Warns Ukrainian Corruption Is Eroding Western Support

Overview

• Donald Tusk said public enthusiasm for aiding Ukraine has fallen in Poland and across Europe and that new corruption revelations make solidarity harder to sustain.
• The comments follow a NABU special operation in the energy sector launched on November 10, which included photos of bags filled with foreign currency and later released audio excerpts.
• NABU on November 11 charged seven people tied to an alleged energy-sector scheme, naming businessman Timur Mindich among the suspects and citing former vice premier Alexey Chernyshov in the case.
• Justice minister and former energy minister Herman Galushchenko has been suspended, and the Verkhovna Rada is expected to consider his resignation along with that of Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions on Mindich and financier Alexander Tsukerman, while an MP and local media reported searches at Galushchenko’s premises and Energoatom and said Mindich had left Ukraine.