“The scandal surrounding the “Mindych films” outraged Ukrainian society. In the afternoon on Saturday, November 15, the “No Corruption” action was held on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. UA.News special correspondents visited the event and saw how everything was. There were occasional scuffles, but overall the rally was surprisingly peaceful. https://cdn-cabinet.ua.news/uploads/images/video-2025-11-15-15-21-32.mp4 Cloudy November autumn Saturday in the center of Kyiv. Activists are gathering near the Stela of Independence. Today at 12”, — write on: ua.news
The scandal surrounding the “Mindych films” outraged Ukrainian society. In the afternoon on Saturday, November 15, the “No Corruption” action was held on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv.
UA.News special correspondents visited the event and saw how everything was. There were occasional scuffles, but overall the rally was surprisingly peaceful.
Cloudy November autumn Saturday in the center of Kyiv. Activists are gathering near the Stela of Independence. At 12 o’clock today, anti-corruption activist Maria Barabash announced the campaign “No corruption!”. The UA.News special forces activist herself was not seen — but it is possible that they simply did not notice.
The reason for the collection was the publication “Mindic film” at which corruption in the energy sector is discussed. This forced concerned citizens to go out on a day off to protest against the regulations in the energy sector.
It is difficult to call the action mass. On this day, about 100 activists gathered in the center of the capital. A good third of them are journalists who documented the event. Some of them asked the protesters frankly provocative questions, which exposed them to negativity from the participants of the action.
It is interesting that there were not so many fellow journalists. Either they were simply scared, or they simply don’t see the point in saving a frankly small number of actions for history.
Activists chant: “Potion – hell!” Several dozen police officers with impenetrable expressions are openly grieving nearby. Passers-by walk around: some look with surprise, some with sympathy, some don’t pay attention at all – but few join in.
A man in a military uniform takes the floor – according to his own words, he is a combat veteran with a concussion. Another man quickly approaches him: he smells strongly of alcohol. However, he claims that he is also a veteran, and the rallies “rock the boat.”
“Corruption is treason!” the activists shout. It’s hard to argue with that.
The situation remains peaceful and predictable. After an hour, the activists start to disperse little by little. One of them approaches the policeman and asks him for a cigarette.
“No”, – answers the servant of the law gloomily. The activist, nodding, hurries towards the Khreshchatyk metro station, where several young people are smoking and laughing loudly.
The action has ended. People voiced their protest, but there were too few of them for anyone to hear their voice. A few minutes after the end of the protest, the square near the Statue of Independence was empty, as if no one was there – although in other times the gravity of the accusations could have brought tens of thousands of citizens to the streets.
Be that as it may, but Kyiv quickly plunged into its own Saturday affairs.
