Overview
- Kyiv will seat a new supervisory board at Energoatom within a week, replace top management at Ukrhidroenergo, the gas pipeline operator and Naftogaz, and conduct comprehensive financial reviews.
- NABU investigators say a criminal scheme siphoned about $100 million through Energoatom projects to protect energy infrastructure; two ministers resigned and suspects, including a close presidential associate, left the country.
- President Zelensky instructed officials to maintain constant coordination with prosecutors and anti-corruption agencies as personnel and state representatives at energy firms are replaced.
- In Germany, Saxony’s Michael Kretschmer urged considering Russian energy imports after a ceasefire, drawing sharp rebuttals from CDU colleague Roderich Kiesewetter, who called the idea security-policy nonsense.
- Ukraine said it struck a Russian oil refinery in the Ryazan region to limit Moscow’s attack capacity, while Russian authorities reported drone interceptions and a fire from falling debris.