Two Ukrainian ministers resign amid Energoatom corruption inquiry
A retrospective on the Operation Midas fallout in Kyiv, as it stood on 14 November 2025, and the G7 sanctions announced alongside it.
What was the political fallout in Kyiv as of 14 November 2025? Two days earlier, on 12 November 2025, the government had lost two ministers to a corruption investigation involving the state nuclear power company Energoatom.
German Galushchenko was suspended from his post as justice minister on 12 November 2025, amid the investigation into alleged corruption linked to Energoatom. Later that day he resigned, together with energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk.
The resignations followed an investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, known as Operation Midas. It concerned an alleged kickback scheme involving Energoatom, the operator of Ukraine's nuclear power plants. As reported at the time, the alleged head of the corruption group, Tymur Mindych, had fled Ukraine.
Sanctions on the international front
On the same day, 12 November 2025, the war was also on the agenda at a G7 meeting. Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand announced new sanctions there. They targeted Russian entities involved in cyberattacks, drone production and energy infrastructure, as well as the transport of oil via the shadow fleet.
The two developments came on the same day: a domestic anti-corruption case that removed two ministers, and a fresh round of Canadian sanctions announced at a G7 meeting on the Russo-Ukrainian war.
