Anti-graft authorities said the scheme saw $100 million in funds syphoned off from the energy sector, which has been battered by Moscow's attacks, resulting in devastating power outages. Investigators had named Timur Mindich, a 46-year-old businessman known to have close ties with Zelensky, as the mastermind of the fraud.

During his presidential campaign, Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted two key failings of then-President Petro Poroshenko: corruption and nepotism. Six years into his own presidency,Zelensky has found himself on the receiving end of the exact same criticism,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions on former business partner Timur Mindich over a $100 million corruption scandal, as Kyiv faces outrage and pressure from allies to intensify anti-graft efforts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ordered sanctions on an associate and former business partner at the heart of a massive corruption scandal that has sparked outrage in a nation

Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday accused a key ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky of orchestrating a $100 million corruption scheme, as a major standoff over graft in the war-torn country escalates.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov has been charged twice with illicit enrichment. Andrii Kostin, the former Prosecutor General who resigned amid corruption allegations, has been appointed ambassador to the Netherlands.

Actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is a household name in Ukraine. The 41-year-old Zelensky has played many different roles throughout his decades-long career; he even stars as the president in a Ukrainian TV series. Even though playing the president on ...