Pavlo Lakiichuk, the head of security programs at the Centre for Global Studies Strategy XXI, stated this on Espreso TV."I look at the situation in the rear through the eyes of our military. We can throw spears around mobilization, 'busification' (a term used to describe forced mobilization practices - ed.), etc., talk about all these stories with corrupt officials, but our soldiers at the front look like the ones who are ultimately suffering, even abandoned, in this situation. When they see what is happening in the rear, it does not add optimism.The Ukrainian army consists of ordinary citizens of Ukraine who two, three, or four years ago went to defend the state. Locksmiths, fitness trainers, holiday photographers, bank employees, journalists - all of them went to defend us and the country. And these stories with corruption are already too much," Lakiichuk emphasized.According to the analyst, everyone is currently looking for money for weapons. President Zelenskyy says that the Ukrainian defense industry can fulfill the tasks regarding the volume of armaments, but there are no funds. If Western partners finance weapons production, then everything will be fine. Currently, we can only finance about 40% of weapons and ammunition production."And where are these 60%? That is, 30% will go to 3,000 km from Ukrainian Railways, and another 30% - into the pockets of Mindich and others. In fact, our top brass works in conjunction with Kremlin 'conserves' (sleeper agents - ed.) and FSB generals. Of course, such a situation in the rear does not add optimism at the front. And the question really is: should we retreat as a brigade, or retreat individually? Why are there so many AWOLs? The reasons are not bad commanders, but completely different circumstances," Lakiichuk added.BackgroundOn November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau reported that an exposed criminal organization had been operating in the energy sector and systematically receiving improper benefits from Energoatom's counterparties—amounting to 10% to 15% of the value of concluded contracts. The scheme was informally named the "barrier.""The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office are conducting a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector. 15 months of work and 1000 hours of audio recordings. The activities of a high-level criminal organization have been documented," stated the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.On the same day, Ukrainska Pravda reported: detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau arrived on the morning of November 10 to conduct searches at the premises of Timur Mindich, a co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio and an associate of Zelenskyy. The businessman himself had left the territory of Ukraine shortly before this. Later, searches were conducted at the premises of the Minister of Justice, Herman Halushchenko.Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau also established that the criminal group laundered approximately $100 million in illegally obtained funds. This took place on premises belonging to the former lawmaker and current Russian senator, Andrii Derkach.At the same time, the head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, Oleksandr Klymenko, created a commission to conduct an internal investigation into a possible data leak in the energy corruption case.Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that government officials must work with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau to achieve results in the detectives' investigation into energy corruption.On November 11, detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced notices of suspicion to seven individuals in the energy sector corruption case and detained five of the figures involved.