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Anti-corruption police uncovered a £100 million fraud in Ukraine's energy sector, leading to multiple resignations and a key associate fleeing the country, sources said.
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Ukraine’s corruption scandal is disastrous for Zelensky – Putin will love it
Zelensky’s lost his chief of staff amid a €100m corruption scandal that the Kremlin will exploit – this is a disaster to Kyiv but also a sign that its system works, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
EU Issues Warning to Ukraine as New Corruption Scandal Engulfs the Zelensky Regime’s Inner Circle
Brussels has finally been forced to acknowledge what critics—often smeared as ‘Russian propagandists’—have been saying for years: Ukraine’s ruling elite, much of which was installed by Victoria Nuland’s neocons after the 2014 coup, is drowning in corruption, and Zelensky’s inner circle is at the center of the scandal.
On 28 November 2025, Volodymyr Zelensky announced the resignation of his chief of staff, Andriï Iermak, shaking the Ukrainian political scene. This decision stems from a search carried out by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), revealing more than 1,000 hours of secret registrations. This evidence involves senior officials in a US$100 million retrocommission scandal related to nuclear energy, according to The Guardian. At the same time, …
According to the most powerful man in Ukraine, Andriy Jermak is the target of the anti-corruption agency's search and decides to present a resignation. The President will begin looking for substitute today.
The corruption scandal that plagues the Ukrainian government has been carried by Deane to Andriy Yermak, who was the right hand of the president, Volodimir Zelenski. "I am grateful to Andriy for always presenting the Ukrainian position on the negotiating track as it should be. It has always been a patriotic position. But I don't want there to be any rumors or speculations," said Zelenski in a speech broadcast on his Telegram channel. "I don't wa…
KYIV (TV 2): Ukraine is being rocked by a widespread corruption scandal that reaches all the way to the top of the country's power apparatus. Now the chief of staff has resigned.
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