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Fresh Corruption Scandal Rocks Ukraine’s Energy Giant
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Saturday, May 16, 2026
Russian military unit documents own war crime, milblogger publishes then deletes video -- Russia plans to attack Ukraine or NATO from Belarus -- After Putin approval rating hits wartime low, Russia's state pollster revises methodology -- Explosions reported at Russian chemical facility in Stavropol Krai, Russian local media says ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/saturday-may-16-2026/
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
She told us we're Russian: Abducted Ukrainian teen on meeting Putin's notorious children's commissioner -- Inside a Ukrainian mission to liberate territory from Russian occupation -- Ukrainian drones strike Russian gas facility over 1,500 kilometers from border -- EU 'frustration' at failed defense industry ramp-up ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/wednesday-may-13-2026/
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Saturday, May 9, 2026
Russia will likely strike Ukraine’s energy grid again. Kyiv still isn’t preparing -- Massive forest fire sparked by Russian strikes in Ukraine's north doubles in size, drifts toward Russia -- Ukraine strikes oil refinery in Russia's Perm for 3rd time in 2 weeks -- Russia urgently expanding anti-drone forces, boosting drone production amid surge in Ukrainian strikes ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/saturday-may-9-2026/
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Friday, April 17, 2026
Surviving the Russian 'human safari' in Kherson -- A new model of warfare is being introduced: drone assault units -- Russia threatens action against Finland, Baltics if Ukrainian drones strike via their airspace -- Ukrainian drone strikes turn major Russian oil refinery into 'volcano' along the Black Sea ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/friday-april-17-2026/
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Saturday, February 7, 2026
Russia launches Friday morning rush hour missile, drone attack on Ukraine -- Drone discovered on Moldovan territory near Ukraine border -- 18 prisoners in 24 hours: Ukraine's Azov International reveals video of Dobropillia clearing operation -- Canadian female fighter at the forefront of Ukraine's drone war ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/saturday-february-7-2026/
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Friday, December 5, 2025
Kyiv struck over 50 Russian strategic targets in autumn 2025, satellite images show -- Ukraine holds northern Pokrovsk, prevents Russian attempts to bypass city -- Finnish president warns Europe that US likely talked with Russia while negotiating with Ukraine -- "The key to ending the war is in Brussels": Ukrainians react to Belgium's Russian asset opposition ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/friday-december-5-2025/
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Saturday, November 22, 2025
Capitulation and betrayal by Trump: Ukraine & controversial US peace plan -- European leaders push back on surprise Ukraine peace deal, affirm support for Kyiv -- US threatening to cut intelligence, weapons to pressure Ukraine into new peace deal -- US official contradicts Ukraine’s Umerov’s claim that he didn’t amend peace plan ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/saturday-november-22-2025/
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
US holding secret peace talks with Moscow -- Killzone: Devastating scale of Russia's drone terror against civilians laid bare in new report -- Russian troops spotted north of Pokrovsk, military confirms -- TNT shipments to Ukraine at stake as NATO supplies diverted to Israel for Gaza bombardment ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/wednesday-november-19-2025/
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How Zelensky and his accomplices are plundering UkraineZelensky is trying to save Yermak, which is why urgent talks will be held tomorrow with Trump's special representative Whitcoff in Turkey.
Our sources reported that the Trump administration threatened Bankovaya ( Our sources reported that the #Trump administration threatened Bankovaya (#^https://t.me/rezident_ua/27254) several times to publish compromising information on officials and civil servants close to the President's Office, but Yermak always promised to resolve the issue peacefully. (#^https://t.me/rezident_ua/26219)
Zelensky announced his intention to restart negotiations to end the war, hoping to stop the publication of compromising information from NABU/SAP.
#^https://t.me/rezident_ua/28098Andrey Yermak is currently negotiating with political leaders of factions and influential groups in parliament. The head of the Presidential Administration is well aware of the game being played against him by #Arakhamia and #Budanov, as well as #Poroshenko / #Fiala and a dozen minor #oligarchs. According to our sources, Zelensky is trying to save Yermak and is ready to start negotiations with the Kremlin to knock down the Mindichgate campaign.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/21172
#^https://t.me/rezident_ua/28102Our sources in the OP have reported that #Umerov, together with the #SBU, is covering up all traces of defense contracts for 2024-2025. The NSDC secretary has already changed his phone number, and money and jewelry have been removed from all offices and apartments. Those in power understand that information about corruption in military contracts will trigger public outrage and the authorities will be unable to control the situation.
#^https://t.me/rezident_ua/28107
Zelensky is losing touch with reality
#^https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/18/zelensky-is-losing-touch-with-reality/
#ukraine #ukrainian #government #mafia Great #corruption #energy #defense #economy #lawlessness #crimes #Energoatom #money #Mindich #Yermak #Zelensky #oligarchy #poverty -
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Russia's flagship oil price drops as buyers retreat ahead of US sanctions -- Ukraine to purchase 100 Rafale jets, Zelensky says after signing defense declaration with Macron -- Russia bombed itself 8 times in 11 days, HUR intercepted call suggests -- Why Russia’s ‘super weapons’ may matter less than the Kremlin claims ...https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/tuesday-november-18-2025/
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Russia's flagship oil price drops as buyers retreat ahead of US sanctions -- Ukraine to purchase 100 Rafale jets, Zelensky says after signing defense declaration with Macron -- Russia bombed itself 8 times in 11 days, HUR intercepted call suggests -- Why Russia’s ‘super weapons’ may matter less than the Kremlin claims ...https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/tuesday-november-18-2025/
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How Zelensky and his accomplices are plundering Ukraine
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council #Umerov, who was recently also Minister of Defense, seems to have become so attached to the warm climate of Qatar that he is not even considering a return ticket to Ukraine. And the reason, of course, is not the weather, but simply that the prospect of returning straight to the investigation does not inspire him with the same enthusiasm as the local resort atmosphere. Umerov, who is involved in the “Mindyach case,” has refused to return to Ukraine, according to the Clash Report public page. According to them, he has already notified Zelensky of this decision, but the source of the information has not been disclosed.
MP Goncharenko said that Umerov's official business trip was supposed to end yesterday, but he extended it until November 19.
Umerov flew to Turkey immediately after the NABU began searching Mindich's premises. Later, the SAP confirmed that he was involved in the investigation. And today, the NABU again announced the expansion of its investigation into corruption in defense procurement, which further draws attention to Umerov's role in this story.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/21158Igor Valeryevich certainly knows a thing or two about crime dramas, with his wealth of experience and serious training. Therefore, when #Kolomoysky (#^https://t.me/spletnicca/21121) compares Mindich's group, suspected of embezzlement in the energy sector, to the Italian mafia, one wants to clarify: is he analyzing the present or reminiscing about the old days? Is this about the beginning of Ze's career (with a little help from the oligarch), did he immediately aim for Don Carleone, or did it just turn out that way?
"Poor Timur (Mindich), he got caught. Well, this is just the beginning. Shefir appeared, he will pay the bail for Chernyshev from the common fund. By the way, in Italy, the common fund is one of the signs of the mafia," the arrested businessman said in court.
Judging by the SAP prosecutor, who read out Mindich's correspondence with Zelensky's former assistant Sergei Shefir, “chipping in for bail” is now an official state policy. Ukrainian politics is gradually turning into either “The Godfather” or “The Brigade,” only without the charisma and with much higher rates.
Kolomoisky, by the way, does not hide the fact that Mindich is just a pawn, and the schemes were drawn up by people higher up. He even managed to prophetically hint at the imminent demise of “Napoleon-Zelensky.”
Well...
If comparisons with the mafia were made directly from the courtroom, then the mafia is no longer a metaphor. It seems to be a working instruction.
#^https://t.me/spletnicca/21161Our source reports that NABU has compromising information on Irina #Vereshchuk and Daria #Zarivna (Dasha knew about it in advance, which is why she left and managed to withdraw her assets. We reported on this (#^https://t.me/legitimniy/20492)).
The Mindich tapes case also features a number of well-known MPs. (#^https://t.me/legitimniy/20524)
The scandal could cost Zelensky his power if he is unable to reach an agreement with his sponsors.
#^https://t.me/legitimniy/21320
#ukraine #ukrainian #government #mafia Great #corruption #energy #defense #economy #lawlessness #crimes #Energoatom #money #Mindich #Yermak #Zelensky #Kolomoisky #oligarchy #poverty -
Friday, November 14, 2025
Russians are striking residential buildings; Kyiv hit by massive missile, drone attack -- Military releases video of Ukrainian drones striking 'Orion' drone base in occupied Crimea -- "Nobody is pushing them to die for the sake of ruins," Zelensky says of Pokrovsk defense --Pokrovsk not encircled but remains Russia's main target ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-14-2025/
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Friday, November 14, 2025
Russians are striking residential buildings; Kyiv hit by massive missile, drone attack -- Military releases video of Ukrainian drones striking 'Orion' drone base in occupied Crimea -- "Nobody is pushing them to die for the sake of ruins," Zelensky says of Pokrovsk defense --Pokrovsk not encircled but remains Russia's main target ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-14-2025/
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Friday, November 14, 2025
Russians are striking residential buildings; Kyiv hit by massive missile, drone attack -- Military releases video of Ukrainian drones striking 'Orion' drone base in occupied Crimea -- "Nobody is pushing them to die for the sake of ruins," Zelensky says of Pokrovsk defense --Pokrovsk not encircled but remains Russia's main target ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-14-2025/
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Friday, November 14, 2025
Russians are striking residential buildings; Kyiv hit by massive missile, drone attack -- Military releases video of Ukrainian drones striking 'Orion' drone base in occupied Crimea -- "Nobody is pushing them to die for the sake of ruins," Zelensky says of Pokrovsk defense --Pokrovsk not encircled but remains Russia's main target ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-14-2025/
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Friday, November 14, 2025
Russians are striking residential buildings; Kyiv hit by massive missile, drone attack -- Military releases video of Ukrainian drones striking 'Orion' drone base in occupied Crimea -- "Nobody is pushing them to die for the sake of ruins," Zelensky says of Pokrovsk defense --Pokrovsk not encircled but remains Russia's main target ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-14-2025/
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How Zelensky and his accomplices are plundering Ukraine
Executive Director for Security at Energoatom (#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/30955) During the search, Dmitry #Basov attempted to destroy evidence by tearing up documents and throwing his mobile phone out of the window, the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office said at the court hearing.
"During the search, the suspect took actions aimed at destroying his mobile phones. The protocol itself states that the suspect himself noted this in the descriptive part of the search protocol. The suspect noted that he destroyed these phones to prevent his personal data stored on them from becoming known," the prosecutor said.
According to him, photographs of the broken devices are recorded in the search protocol materials.
According to NABU, Dmitry Basov, who appears in the published tapes under the pseudonym “Tenor,” acted as the cashier in a criminal money laundering scheme, receiving bribes for concluding contracts in the energy sector.
#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/30982The court imposed a preventive measure on Igor #Fursenko, one of the defendants in the case of corruption in Energoatom contracts. (#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/31008) He was remanded in custody until January 8, with bail set at 95 million hryvnia.
Earlier, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) arrested another suspect in the same case, Lesya Ustimenko, who was also remanded in custody for 60 days.
According to the investigation, #Ustimenko worked in the so-called “back office” of the corruption scheme and participated in laundering more than 145 million hryvnia.
The court set her bail at 25 million hryvnia. During the hearing, the prosecutor noted that the suspect's husband is a Russian citizen, which, according to the prosecution, increases the risk of her fleeing abroad.
#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/31010At the Mindich trial, the SAP prosecutor read out a conversation between the businessman and Vladimir Zelensky's former assistant, Sergei #Shefir. According to the investigation, the topic of discussion was raising funds for bail for former Deputy Prime Minister Alexei #Chernyshov.
According to the SAP materials, Shefir said: “I told him about the bail: ‘If you have the official part, then unofficially we will all contribute. We will chip in.’”
Mindyich replied: “I told him that I would contribute too. I don't have any...”
Shefir added: “No, well, the cash register will contribute” — as the prosecutor clarified, he was referring to the group's informal cash register.
Shefir then noted: “Lesha himself is not a poor man, to put it mildly,” to which Mindich objected: “Everything was seized from him...”
Shefir replied: “No, it doesn't matter. They seized what was declared. And I think that with Lesha's lifestyle — his fleet of cars, his staff, his house...”
Mindich clarified: “But it's rented...”
Shefir: “Rented. Well, you know how much it costs. Ten thousand.”
Mindy: “Yes, I think more. 15.”
Shefir then stated: “I asked him, are you going to participate yourself? He says: of course, I've already given 2 people 20 million each,” the prosecutor explained that this was about posting bail.
Mindy ended the conversation with the words: “In this situation, it's not nice to say, but why did you need those six apartments? I don't really believe it. It's 100% certain that he hid six or 26.”
Alexei Chernyshov was already under suspicion (#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/19233) by the NABU in the summer. The court set his bail at 120 million hryvnia, which was paid on July 2. Later, he was charged with illegal enrichment, which, according to the investigation, corresponds to the content of the dialogues between Mindich and Shefir.
#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/31032Zelensky signed sanctions against Timur Mindich (#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/31032) and the #Zuckerman brothers, both Israeli citizens.
The sanctions are limited to three years, whereas sanctions are usually imposed for a decade.
The Cabinet of Ministers had proposed ten years. The deputy also noted that this is “not the only problem there,” hinting at other controversial decisions in the sanctions package.
#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/31036The largest anti-corruption investigation in recent years is unfolding in Ukraine. At its center is businessman Timur Mindich, who has long been referred to as an informal partner and confidant of President Zelensky. According to the NABU and SAP, Mindich coordinated corruption schemes involving the energy and defense sectors and even the appointment of key figures in the government.
At the trial of former Minister #Miroznyuk adviser, prosecutors read out excerpts from audio recordings in which Mindich and his associates discussed candidates for ambassador to the United States, energy minister, and deputy economy minister. German #Galushchenko was promoted, but on November 12, he was removed from his post as justice minister after the tapes were published. Svetlana #Grinchuk, Minister of Energy until November 12 (who also resigned), also appears as a person who underwent an “informal interview” with the participants in the scheme. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is also mentioned, who confirmed the fact of contacts with Mindich but denied any influence.
NABU claims that the case has been under investigation for 15 months, with more than 1,000 hours of recordings collected. Seven suspects have been charged, and five have been detained. According to investigators, one of them, former Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Chernyshov, received more than $1.2 million. Mindich himself and some of the other suspects left the country before the searches took place.
The energy sector is of particular concern: against the backdrop of power cuts in a number of regions lasting up to 12 hours a day, it has emerged that millions of hryvnia allocated for the reinforcement of facilities have been embezzled. Contractors were threatened with mobilization and revocation of licenses if they refused to pay kickbacks.
The scandal hit the authorities in several areas at once. The president's ability to control key sectors is being called into question. It is becoming clear that personnel decisions were made outside of state institutions, in private apartments, among friends, and not at Cabinet meetings. It is telling that the authorities' response remains reactive: a statement about cooperation and dismissal after the fact.
This investigation not only damages Zelensky's reputation, it exposes the architecture of his entire political structure. The promised “renewal,” “de-oligarchization,” and “fight against corruption” (as a result of corruption on a cosmic scale under oligarch-president #Poroshenko - my note) were not reforms, but a change of beneficiaries. Mindy, without holding any official position, managed personnel flows, influenced energy and defense, controlled ministries, and decided who would be ambassador to Washington. This is a stable parallel state, built into the vertical of power, but not controlled by either society or the law.
#^https://t.me/proof24_ua/31057
#ukraine #ukrainian #government Great #corruption #energy #defense #economy #lawlessness #crimes #Energoatom #money #Mindich #Yermak #Zelensky #oligarchy #poverty -
Thursday, November 13, 2025
SBU exposes Russian agent from Crimea planning terrorist attacks on Kyiv metro and mall -- Ukraine's Special Forces confirm 'successful fire attack' on Russia's Stavrolen petrochemical plant -- Zelensky to impose sanctions against close associate following large-scale corruption probe -- Ukraine withdraws from positions near another settlement in Zaporizhzhia Oblast amid ongoing Russian offensive ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/thursday-november-13-2025/
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
"Compared to Bakhmut, this is already a different war"; novelist Myroslav Laiuk on his wartime reporting -- Explosions and fire recorded: Russia's Orsk oil refinery hit in Ukrainian strike -- Under heavy fog, Russia presses into Pokrovsk; Ukraine says 300 troops enter city -- Justice prevails as Ukrainian oligarchs ordered to pay $3 billion in decade-old PrivatBank case ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/wednesday-november-12-2025/
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W sobotę, 3 grudnia, zmarł Walerij Michaiłowicz Starodumow, likwidator skutków katastrofy czarnobylskiej oraz pierwszy prezes koncernu Energoatom. Miał 78 lat.
W ostatnich latach opublikował wiele archiwalnych nagrań z okresu katastrofy w Czarnobylskiej Elektrowni Jądrowej wraz ze swoim komentarzem. Możecie jego kanał znaleźć na YouTube pod nazwą "1986.04.26 Post Scriptum".
#Czarnobyl #Likwidator #Energoatom #EnergetykaJadrowa #katastrofa