The justice and energy ministers of Ukraine resigned on Wednesday, the latest officials to be toppled by a fast-growing corruption scandal involving the energy industry.

The scandal has enraged Ukrainians weary from years of war against Russia and threatens to block Ukraine’s effort to join the European Union.

Justice Minister Herman Haluschenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk resigned on Wednesday within hours of President Volodymyr Zelensky calling for them to step down. Both insisted they were not guilty of any wrongdoing.

Haluschenko was the energy minister before he became justice minister. He is one of many high-level officials implicated by Operation Midas , a probe launched in the summer of 2024 by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the S

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