Overview
- Zelenskyy plans crunch meetings on Thursday, and officials say he intends to keep Andriy Yermak while preparing limited government changes to calm critics.
- European Solidarity and Holos urged firing Yermak and dismissing the cabinet, and Batkivshchina called for a national unity government.
- NABU and SAPO have filed charges tied to alleged Energoatom kickbacks, while the bureau said it can neither confirm nor deny claims that an ‘Ali Baba’ on the tapes is linked to Yermak.
- Some Servant of the People MPs are in open dissent, with allies warning that ousting Yermak could trigger a domino effect across the cabinet and ruling majority, according to political sources cited by Ukrainian media.
- Key suspect Tymur Mindich left Ukraine for Israel shortly before searches, and Zelenskyy has sanctioned him as investigators continue to release tape fragments and pursue the case.