Overview
- Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Herman Galushchenko was removed from duties and named Lyudmyla Sughak acting justice minister during the ongoing investigation.
- NABU and the anti‑corruption prosecutor say an organized network skimmed 10–15% from Energoatom contracts and laundered funds through a Kyiv office and offshore jurisdictions.
- Prosecutors told the High Anti‑Corruption Court that ex‑ministerial adviser Ihor Mironyuk tore documents and threw a phone out a window during a search as they sought his pretrial detention.
- Authorities reported at least five detentions and seven formal suspicions, and published fragments from what they describe as up to 1,000 hours of audio recordings tied to the scheme.
- Businessman Timur Mindich, identified by prosecutors as a central figure, is reported to have left Ukraine for Israel, and the scandal drew Kremlin comments questioning Western financial support to Kyiv.