Overview
- NABU and SAPO carried out about 70 searches after a 15‑month investigation into Energoatom procurement, and the state operator says it is cooperating.
- Prosecutors describe a network that demanded 10–15% kickbacks from suppliers and laundered roughly $100 million through offshore entities.
- Eight people have been charged; five were detained, two left Ukraine before the raids — including businessman Timur Mindich — and one suspect’s whereabouts are unknown.
- Those cited in reporting include Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, former defense minister Rustem Umerov, ex deputy prime minister Oleksiy Chernyshov, and former officials Ihor Myroniuk and Dmytro Basov.
- SAPO opened an internal probe into a possible leak that may have enabled Mindich’s flight, and the government dissolved Energoatom’s supervisory board and announced an internal review.