NABU carried out searches targeting Zelensky’s close ally Timur Mindich

Detectives from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) have conducted searches targeting Timur Mindich, one of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest associates.

This was reported by Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources.

The searches began in the morning in Kyiv. It is stated that Mindich urgently left Ukraine during the night, a few hours before the searches.

Also, according to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak (Holos party), NABU has been conducting searches since morning at the home of the minister of justice, former energy minister Herman Halushchenko.

Zheleznyak says “that’s not all.” Searches are also taking place at Energoatom.

Halushchenko and Energoatom’s leadership are considered close to Timur Mindich.

Earlier it was reported that NABU is investigating Mindich over a wide range of allegations: corruption in procurements of drones for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (the company Fire Point, close to Mindich, is the largest contractor), schemes on the energy market, and the results of wiretapping at Mindich’s apartment, where conversations with Zelensky may also have been recorded.

In recent days, information has also emerged that Mindich could become a subject of an FBI investigation into money laundering.