Ukraine's anti-corruption agency NABU is investigating a large-scale scheme involving high-level officials and business figures, including alleged control over state energy company Energoatom, with evidence suggesting bribe-taking and influence peddling. The investigation, which includes wiretaps and raids, implicates prominent individuals such as Timur Mindich and former officials, prompting strong statements from President Zelenskyy and government officials emphasizing the importance of accountability in Ukraine's energy sector.
Ukraine has launched a major anti-corruption investigation into its state nuclear company Energoatom, uncovering a high-level criminal scheme involving bribery and embezzlement of around $100 million, amid ongoing conflict and efforts to meet EU standards.
Staff at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine are refusing to comply with the order from the illegitimate management to start up reactor No. 4. The staff, who have refused to sign fake contracts with Rosatom, are categorically refusing to comply with the order, which violates the operating license issued by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine. The Russian-appointed "general director" of the plant is attempting to involve Ukrainian staff who have already refused to sign the fake contracts, but their access to the plant has been blocked. The Ukrainian personnel understand that violating the license terms could result in the loss of their personal licenses after the de-occupation of the plant.
Energoatom is training personnel who will enter Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and start working immediately after the plant’s de-occupation. The company is also preparing rotational shift teams at nuclear power plants, who might be needed in case of a personnel shortage at Zaporizhzhia NPP after its de-occupation. Russian occupiers are planning to ‘evacuate’ about 2,700 employees of Zaporizhzhia NPP and their families from the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar.
The situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating, with Russia reportedly bringing more troops and military vehicles to the site, according to Energoatom. The state-owned operating company's president, Petro Kotin, said that the situation of equipment and personnel is worsening.
