Top Ukrainian officials in Zelenskyy government submit resignations amid $100 million corruption scandal

Two elder Ukrainian officials submitted their resignations Wednesday amid the fallout implicit an alleged $100 cardinal kickback corruption strategy linked to the state-owned atomic powerfulness institution Energoatom.

Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said connected X that Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk submitted their resignations, and the authorities suspended respective elder officials astatine Energoatom amid the corruption probe.

Svyrydenko added that the furniture besides submitted proposals to use idiosyncratic sanctions against Timur Mindich, a erstwhile concern spouse of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and businessman Alexander Tsukerman.

Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk submitted their resignations connected Nov. 12, 2025. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images; Andrii Nesterenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Ukraine’s autarkic anti-corruption agencies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said they led a 15-month probe code-named "Midas" that uncovered a "large-scale corruption strategy to power strategical state-owned enterprises."

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It progressive a "high level transgression [organization]" that systematically received "illicit benefits from Energoatom’s contractors successful the magnitude of 10% to 15% of the declaration value," NABU said.

"In particular, Energoatom's contractors were forced to wage kickbacks to debar having payments for their services/products blocked oregon losing their supplier status," the agencies announced.

The offices of NABU, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, connected Oct. 1, 2019, successful Kyiv, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty)

The anti-corruption agencies stated that the alleged transgression enactment ran a Kyiv-based "laundry" bureau whose premises belonged to the household of erstwhile Ukrainian lawmaker and existent Russian legislator Andrii Derkach.

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The bureau kept "black accounting" records and laundered astir $100 cardinal done non-resident companies, according to NABU and SAPO.

Five radical were detained and different 7 were placed nether suspicion, including a erstwhile advisor to the Minister of Energy.

The ungraded comes amid Russia’s escalating attacks connected Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure that person led to powerfulness outages crossed the country.

A seller waits for customers successful a store during a partial blackout successful Lviv connected Nov. 28, 2024, pursuing Russian strikes connected Ukrainian vigor infrastructure amid the Russian penetration of Ukraine. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

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"Internally this ungraded volition beryllium utilized to undermine unity and stableness wrong the country. Externally, our enemies volition usage it arsenic an statement to halt assistance to Ukraine," said Oleksandr Merezhko, a lawmaker with Zelenskyy’s party, according to The Associated Press.

"It looks truly atrocious successful the eyes of our European and American partners," Merezhko said. "While Russians destruct our powerfulness grid and radical person to endure blackouts, idiosyncratic astatine the apical was stealing wealth during the war."

Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X that helium supports the investigations carried retired by Ukraine’s instrumentality enforcement and anti-corruption officials.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy participates successful a briefing astatine the Office of the President pursuing a unit gathering successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected Nov. 7, 2025.

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"Right present it is highly hard for everyone successful Ukraine – enduring powerfulness outages, Russian strikes, and losses. It is perfectly unacceptable that, amid each this, determination are besides immoderate schemes successful the vigor sector," helium wrote. "I volition motion a decree to enforce sanctions connected 2 individuals implicated successful the NABU lawsuit concerning Energoatom. Right present we each indispensable support Ukraine. Undermining the authorities means you volition beryllium held accountable. Breaking the instrumentality means you volition beryllium held accountable."