- November 16, 2025
- 12:33 pm
- Ukraine
Ukraine is entering a new phase of transformation. President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Cabinet of Ministers have announced a large-scale governance reform in the energy sector — the very area that today determines the country’s resilience as much as the army and diplomacy.
This is not cosmetic changes, but a systemic reboot aimed at restoring trust in institutions and eliminating corruption nodes that have been uncovered during investigations.
Five steps that change the architecture of power
Zelensky has set clear tasks.
First — updating the composition of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NKREKU). The Cabinet is already preparing a bill for the Verkhovna Rada.
Second — a complete restructuring of the leadership of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate and State Energy Supervision.
Third — appointing a new head of the State Property Fund — a key body that will be responsible for managing assets, including those seized from Russian structures.
Fourth — relaunching ARMA, an agency that has so far been associated more with scandals than with efficiency. The competition for the head will be completed by the end of the year.
Fifth — auditing and preparing for the privatization of assets previously owned by Russians and collaborators.
This is the foundation on which Ukraine is building a new transparent governance model in a strategically important sector.
Yulia Svyrydenko — the architect of change
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who coordinated the reform with the president, emphasizes: the reboot is not a reaction to another scandal, but the beginning of systemic changes.
Svyrydenko promotes internal audits, strict control standards, and staff renewal. Her political path — from an official in 2019 to prime minister in 2025 — has become a symbol of a new wave of managers for whom transparency is not a slogan but a tool.
Operation “Midas”: how corruption was brought to light
NABU and SAP worked on the case for 15 months.
Operation “Midas” included more than 70 searches, uncovering a corruption network reaching strategic enterprises — including “Energoatom”, the heart of Ukrainian nuclear energy.
The investigation claims: a structure associated with businessman Timur Mindich received undue benefits from Energoatom’s contractors.
NABU wants to bring Mindich back for investigative actions, but according to sources, he is likely in Israel.
The State Border of Ukraine confirmed that his departure from the country was legal — he has three children, which allows crossing the border under current regulations.
Why reforms now are not just politics
The war accelerated the understanding of a simple fact: Ukraine cannot afford a single “weak link” in energy.
Every official, every scheme, every delay is a risk for cities, for the front, for the economy.
The sector’s reboot is an update of the country’s nervous system, which daily withstands pressure, attacks, and attempts to destroy its energy framework.
Ukraine is taking a step forward — not for the West, but for itself.
This is a movement towards maturity, towards a new level of responsibility, towards a governance model where energy is not a place for corruption, but a resource for the future.
NAnews — Israel News | Nikk.Agency
