Overview
- Ukraine’s anti-corruption court ordered Andrij Jermak held for 60 days with release possible on a 2.72 million euro bond, and he told the court he cannot pay it.
- Investigators say an organized group moved about 460 million hryvnia through a luxury villa project near Kyiv using shell firms, cash deals, and fake documents.
- Prosecutors link part of the money to Energoatom budgets that were meant for protective structures at energy facilities during the war.
- Authorities have not named the suspect in official statements, but Ukrainian media identified Jermak; he denies owning any villas and says he has only an apartment and a car.
- NABU’s director said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a suspect, and observers warn the high-profile case may shape EU views on Kyiv’s reform progress and aid conditions.