Overview
- Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk submitted resignations at President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request, with deputy minister Lyudmyla Suhak named acting justice minister.
- NABU and SAPO have charged eight suspects linked to Energoatom, and the High Anti-Corruption Court ordered the detention of Dmytro Basov, Ihor Myroniuk, Ihor Fursenko, and Lesia Ustimenko with high bail set.
- Prosecutors identify businessman Timur Mindich, a Zelensky associate, as the alleged organizer; media reports say he left Ukraine shortly before raids, and businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman is also reported to have fled.
- The government suspended Energoatom vice president and board member Yakob Khartmut and instructed the acting chair to sideline additional executives, while ordering an urgent audit based on NABU materials.
- Investigators say the scheme extracted 10–15% kickbacks from contractors, laundered roughly $100 million, and was documented in hundreds of hours of coded recordings that also describe efforts to sway appointments and decisions.