Andrii Yermak, Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, and Julie Davis, US chargé d'affaires in Ukraine, have met to discuss Russia's latest large-scale attack on Ukraine and the fight against corruption.

Source: Yermak on Telegram

Quote from Yermak: "At a meeting with Julie Davis, the US chargé d'affaires in Ukraine, we discussed the latest large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine's critical infrastructure and residential areas as well as the aftermath of the aggressor's systematic attempts to destroy the Ukrainian energy sector."

Details: Yermak said that they also discussed Ukraine's efforts to increase long-range strikes on Russia in response to Russian crimes and the frontline situation.

"Only by force can the aggressor be forced into real negotiations," Yermak said.

He noted that during the meeting, the sides separately focused on the issue of combating corruption.

"We expressed our shared conviction that investigations into the latest high-profile cases must be thorough, professional and impartial and lead to real results – rather than be used to destabilise the situation in Ukraine to the benefit of Russia's plans," Yermak said.

Background:

• On 10 November, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) reported that they had exposed a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector and released audio recordings. Earlier, UP sources reported that NABU was conducting searches at the homes of Tymur Mindich and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko (who has been suspended as of 12 November). UP sources also reported that Mindich left Ukraine hours before the searches.
• On 11 November, journalists named all the suspects who had received notices of suspicion from NABU in the investigation into large-scale corruption within Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy company Energoatom. An investigative reporting project by Skhemy found that the suspects were Tymur Mindich (referred to as "Karlsson" on the NABU recordings), former adviser to the energy minister Ihor Myroniuk ("Rocket"), Energoatom executive director for safety Dmytro Basov ("Tenor"), Oleksandr Tsukerman ("Sugarman"), Ihor Fursenko ("Roshyk"), Lesia Ustymenko and Liudmyla Zorina.
• Five individuals on the list of suspects have been detained. Two – Mindich and Tsukerman – have left Ukraine.
• Basov, Myroniuk, Fursenko, Ustymenko and Zorina have been assigned pre-trial restrictions with the option of bail. It was later reported that the High Anti-Corruption Court had received bail for Lesia Ustymenko and Liudmyla Zorina, the employees of the back office involved in money laundering around Energoatom.
• On 12 November, Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko was suspended from office following the high-profile NABU investigation into corruption at Energoatom.
• On 13 November, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted a decision by the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions against businessmen Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman.

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