Overview
- Prime Minister Yuliya Svyrydenko said the cabinet removed Herman Halushchenko from duty, naming Lyudmyla Suhak acting justice minister during the investigation.
- NABU’s operation alleges suppliers to Energoatom were forced to pay 10–15% kickbacks, with investigators citing extensive audio and tracing roughly $100 million through laundering networks.
- Five people were detained and seven notified of suspicion after more than 70 searches, with recordings featuring businessman Timur Mindich, who was charged in absentia and is reported to be abroad.
- A prosecutor said Mindich exerted influence in the energy and defense sectors, a claim R us tem Umerov rejected while acknowledging a meeting over body‑armor contracts that he says were later canceled.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said donors now see funds being embezzled, and a Bloomberg column questioned continued aid, while a Ukrainian opposition MP accused the presidential office of trying to curb Telegram coverage of the scandal.