How an energy corruption scandal is playing out in Ukraine

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM EST

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is vowing to overhaul how Ukraine’s energy sector is managed after those close to him are implicated in a massive corruption scandal involving the country’s nuclear power company.

NPR’s Joanna Kakissis joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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