Politics

Ukraine has finalized a top-level delegation – comprised exclusively of senior state and security officials – to participate in urgent consultations on ending the war. The talks come amid reports of a U.S. 28-point peace plan and mounting allied pressure.

President Zelenskyy arrived in Turkey on November 19, accompanied by Andriy Yermak, to meet Erdoğan on Ukraine’s peace, amid the NABU “Midas” investigation.

Oksana Kryvenko, linked to Minister Galushchenko and the “Rotterdam+” case, was almost appointed CEO of Ukraine’s GTS Operator despite past corruption allegations and appearing in the Mindich case.

During the live broadcast of the program UP.Chat, NABU Director Semen Kryvonos was asked whether the Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, or the person referred to in the case files as the “Head of the PO,” appears in the Mindich case investigation.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree introducing changes to the composition of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), removing Svitlana Hrynchuk and Herman Halushchenko from the council.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has enacted a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on businessman and co-owner of the “Kvartal-95” studio Timur Mindich and his associate, businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman.

NABU detectives met a new FBI officer in Kyiv as part of ongoing cooperation under an interagency memorandum, focusing on the high-profile Mindich-Halushchenko corruption case.

The Ukrainian government moved against corruption in Energoatom: Mindich and associates face sanctions, Basov jailed, Halushchenko suspended, and supervisory board members resigned or were dismissed.

The Verkhovna Rada is set to vote on the dismissal of Justice Minister Herman Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk at its next session next week on Tuesday, November 18.

The government confirmed teachers won’t receive the full 50% raise in January. Funding shortages push a smaller increase now, with possible adjustments in September.

Former Ukrenergo head Volodymyr Kudrytskyi was charged with large-scale fraud over substation fencing contracts awarded in 2018. He called the accusation “absurd” and was released on bail.

Ukrainian authorities keep announcing new social initiatives, including cash payments, free train travel, and health benefits, while military spending for 2026 remains unchanged despite ongoing war challenges.