Overview
- NABU and SAPO reported 70 searches after a 15‑month investigation, securing thousands of hours of audio evidence, with five detentions and seven indictments.
- Prosecutors accuse Timour Minditch, a Kvartal 95 co‑owner close to President Zelensky, of orchestrating the scheme, and investigators say he left Ukraine before the raids.
- The government dismissed Energoatom’s supervisory board and ordered an emergency state audit, which the prime minister described as initial steps to overhaul the operator.
- Justice Minister German Galushchenko was suspended over alleged personal benefits from energy‑sector dealings, and Energy Minister Svitlana Grintchouk submitted her resignation.
- Officials prepared potential sanctions targeting Minditch and another businessman as authorities signaled the case remains open and could expand.