“Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiga commented on the recent corruption scandal in the Ukrainian government at a meeting with colleagues from the Group of Seven.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: he wrote about this on X, reports “Evropeska Pravda”
Details: According to Sybiga, he told the heads of foreign affairs of France, Germany and Italy, as well as the chief diplomat of the European Union, about “the situation on the battlefield, efforts to achieve peace and the fight against corruption.”
“I confirmed that all those involved in corruption schemes will be brought to justice – this is the firm position of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and our government,” he wrote.
The head of the Foreign Ministry also said that he discussed further sanctions pressure on Russia and the use of frozen Russian assets and military and energy aid to Ukraine with European allies.
“I also invited my colleagues to visit Ukraine,” Sybiga added.
Earlier it was reported that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine made public investigation of a major corruption scheme at NAEK “Energoatom” called “Midas”.
The organizer of the scheme was businessman, co-owner of Kvartal-95 and former partner of President Zelensky, Timur Mindych. Prosecution notedthat Mindich exerted influence on former Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko and former Minister of Defense Rustem Umyerov.
On the morning of November 12, Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko reportedthat Galushchenko, who is now the Minister of Justice, was removed from his post after a high-profile NABU investigation into corruption at Energoatom NAEC.