Why did the Rada dismiss two ministers on 19 November 2025?
A look back at the parliamentary vote that removed the energy and justice ministers after an anti-corruption probe into the state nuclear agency.
What prompted Ukraine's parliament to remove two cabinet ministers in a single day? On 19 November 2025, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk and justice minister German Galushchenko.
The dismissals followed an anti-corruption investigation known as Operation Midas. The inquiry concerned alleged misconduct at the state nuclear agency, and it implicated the two ministers, among other officials.
The vote came a day after a related arrest. On 18 November 2025, Oleksii Chernyshov, a former deputy prime minister, was detained on charges linked to the scandal at Energoatom, the state nuclear agency.
Taken together, the arrest on 18 November and the parliamentary vote on 19 November marked a rapid sequence of consequences from the investigation, reaching both a former senior official and two serving members of the government.
