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Ukraine faces existential pressure—and still jails the detectives who exposed a $100M corruption scheme
Four months in detention, zero evidence of espionage. The schemes they uncovered toppled ministers.
“Carlson” flees: $100M corruption scandal erupts inside Ukraine’s nuclear sector
NABU raids expose systematic kickbacks at Energoatom as Zelenskyy’s business partner escapes hours before arrest.
Ukraine’s blackouts were avoidable. Energoatom corruption and political vendetta made them inevitable.
The blueprint existed. The funding existed. What happened instead reveals an institutional collapse more damaging than Russian missiles alone.
Zelenskyy tried to kill NABU. Then it exposed his friend’s $100M scheme.
Ukraine's justice system decides whether evidence by its top anti-corruption agency becomes convictions.
The Mindich tapes: anti-graft recordings expose Zelenskyy associate’s $100M nuclear operator protection racket
Money-laundering network operated like bank, spanning Kyiv to Atlanta to Moscow
The end of Odesa’s teflon mayor Trukhanov?
$25 million in corruption charges couldn't touch him. A decade-old passport allegation did.
“Russian spies” who justified Ukraine’s anti-corruption crackdown nowhere to be found
Ukraine's Security Service found Russian infiltrators everywhere except when journalists asked for proof.
Ukraine caves under $ 2.3 bn threat, appoints investigator it desperately wanted to block
Ukraine’s government spent weeks trying to block a qualified anti-corruption investigator. Today, $2.3 billion in international pressure changed their minds.
Inside Zelenskyy’s failed coup against Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies
Parliamentary manipulation, fake security crises, and Telegram warfare met Ukrainian teenagers.
“Aren’t you tired of feeding people garbage?” Ukrainian parliament reverses anti-corruption law after street protests
After a week of protests, 331 lawmakers voted to restore NABU and SAPO independence, undoing a law passed just days earlier.
They came. They cussed. They won.
Cardboard signs, three days, one very surprised president.
Explained: why Ukraine nuked its own anti-corruption agencies
It took ten years to build them. It took one hour in parliament to bring them down.
“I defended Zelenskyy against Trump’s dictatorship accusations. Now I can’t,” says Ukraine’s top corruption fighter
Zelenskyy must reverse course on the legislation targeting corruption prosecutors, or risk proving Putin right about Ukrainian democracy, warns the architect of the system being destroyed.
Ukraine’s parliament votes to gut anti-corruption agencies amid Russian spy scandal (UPDATED)
Ukraine’s parliament passed a bill to weaken its top anti-corruption bodies, citing a Russian spy scandal. It now awaits President Zelenskyy’s signature.
Ukraine’s war cabinet was hit by a perfect storm. Zelenskyy just hit reset
Ukraine just overhauled its government for the first time since Russia invaded. No one voted.
“Just 16 people”: Ukraine’s new wartime cabinet is now smaller than many startups
Parliament approved a downsized government lineup on Wednesday, streamlining wartime leadership without altering the political balance of power.
“Path to dictatorship”: Zelenskyy’s sanctions on opposition leader Poroshenko draw critisism from Ukrainian journalists, activists, politicians
The sanctions have been imposed on Poroshenko, while his foundation continues delivering military aid, including 50,000 drones to Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine’s wartime unity at risk as ruling party seeks to ban opposition leader Poroshenko from parliament
Ukraine's parliament committee voted to suspend former president Poroshenko from one plenary session without evidence of misconduct.
Why Zelenskyy sacked his top diplomat and what we can expect from Sybiha
Experts say Kuleba was too diplomatic for the president. But will Zelenskyy’s aggressive style deliver in foreign policy?