What trajectory will Ukraine follow next?
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All this unfolds as Ukraine faces one of its toughest moments yet: Russian strikes on critical energy infrastructure have caused rolling blackouts nationwide, while the front line is deteriorating with #Russia’s forces edging closer to capturing #Pokrovsk in the #Donbas.

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As a result, the Energy Minister and the Justice Minister resigned, sanctions were imposed on key figures in the case, and Energoatom’s vice president Jakob Hartmut was suspended. But public discontent won’t be so easily contained.

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The raids followed months of mounting tensions between Ukraine’s leadership and the country’s top anti-corruption bodies that peaked in July with the so-called Cardboard Maidan protests.

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Anti-corruption detectives from NABU and SAPO raided the homes of Zelensky’s associate Timur Mindich, Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, and Energoatom offices, uncovering piles of cash and signs of entrenched graft.

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"We are currently clean on OPSEC"