Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has removed former justice minister Herman Halushchenko and former energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk from the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.

Source: presidential decree No. 845/2025

Quote: "Herman Halushchenko and Svitlana Hrynchuk shall be removed from the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, effecting a partial amendment to Article 1 of the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated 19 July 2025 No. 501/2025 On the composition of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine."

Details: The decree enters into force on the day of its publication.

Background:

• On 12 November, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) proposals to dismiss Herman Halushchenko and Svitlana Hrynchuk from the posts of ministers of energy and justice.
• A prosecutor from the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) said earlier that Tymur Mindich, the alleged ringleader of the Energoatom laundering scheme and a close friend of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, built connections with Halushchenko through his links to Zelenskyy and acted as a patron for Halushchenko in relation to Zelenskyy.
• Law enforcement agencies have evidence that members of a corruption scheme in the energy sector handed over cash to a former deputy prime minister of Ukraine whom they referred to amongst themselves as "Che Guevara" (thought to be Oleksii Chernyshov).
• An episode from tapes released by Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies shows Zelenskyy calling Halushchenko following a message from Mindich.

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