2025 Commission report on Ukraine

Tabled by Petar Volgin, Tomasz Froelich, Stanisław Tyszka, Marcin Sypniewski

Added: Qa. whereas Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities launched a major investigation known as Operation Midas into an alleged large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector involving kickbacks from suppliers to the state nuclear operator Energoatom and other state-owned enterprises; whereas investigators uncovered a network suspected of demanding kickbacks in exchange for procurement contracts, conducted numerous searches and seizures, and brought criminal charges against several individuals; whereas the investigation reportedly implicated businessman Timur Mindich and other high-ranking officials linked to the energy sector; whereas investigators and media reports have referred to alleged illicit payments, recorded communications and frequent contacts between Mindich and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the context of the broader investigation; whereas Andriy Yermak, former Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, was named as a suspect by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) in a money-laundering investigation linked to the broader Operation Midas case; whereas these allegations raise serious concerns regarding corruption, political influence and governance standards in Ukraine;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.391