Overview
- NABU and the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced Operation Forrest Gump on Wednesday and publicly released audio, video and documentary materials while conducting coordinated searches and arrests.
- Investigators said the operation targets a criminal organisation that includes current and former MPs and senior officials from the Office of the President and that suspects have been detained during the actions.
- Authorities allege roughly 150 million Ukrainian hryvnia was laundered through state‑owned Sense Bank to pay bail linked to the earlier Operation Midas energy‑sector case, and they named senior figures at state banks among those under scrutiny.
- Search teams reported finding a crisis communications plan tied to a Verkhovna Rada temporary investigative commission and NABU published a longer investigatory video plus new tapes alleging forced takeovers of companies and valuable real estate.
- The raids and the firing and reported detention of Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Mudra have intensified political strain in Kyiv after recent high‑profile dismissals and a contentious defence minister vote, raising questions about wartime governance and Ukraine’s reform commitments.