corruption in Ukraine

Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has declared businessman Tymur Mindich and alleged money-laundering coordinator Oleksandr Tsukerman wanted as key suspects in the high-profile “Midas” case.

Since January 2025, the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine has not provided the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) with information on the fund movements of the company “Fire Point,” which receives state contracts for the production of long-range drones.

A group of citizens gathered today on Kyiv’s Maidan to voice their outrage over what they describe as escalating corruption and impunity in Ukraine. Protesters called for decisive action from the government, condemning officials who, in their words, “profit from the blood of our children during wartime.”

The NABU “Midas” operation revealed political corruption in Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence. Businessman Timur Mindich allegedly pressured officials to favor dubious companies, “Fortress of Defence” and Milicon, bypassing licensed Ukrainian manufacturers.

Mindich fled amid NABU Energoatom investigations. Zelenskyy’s circle implicated. Government must act within 24 hours: return Mindich, dismiss officials, and secure national energy system.

Financial monitoring led by Philip Pronin has not provided NABU with data on the movement of funds of the company Fire Point for over six months, sources from Ukrainska Pravda say.

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.

NABU and SAPO have served another President Zelenskyy’s friend the former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov with a motion seeking a preventive measure in the form of detention withing 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.

Bail has been posted for two female Suspects featured in the Mindich Case.

FirePoint, a major drone manufacturer, is linked to Timur Mindich and Andriy Yermak, with Ihor Khmelyov involved, raising questions about connections and business influence.