{"id":1320863,"date":"2025-11-15T11:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/caught-red-handed-why-they-threw-a-tantrum-on-bankova-street\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:54:53","slug":"caught-red-handed-why-they-threw-a-tantrum-on-bankova-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/caught-red-handed-why-they-threw-a-tantrum-on-bankova-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandal on Bankova Street: How They Lost Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DmytroVovnianko\/posts\/pfbid09DbzbEBCnCDWvaq656UqcjLWW51AKFqHUWRuc2hodSGg7nUyWRpj6X9p8Q9b6JNQl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know the biggest mistake ZEofis is making right now? He\u2019s throwing a tantrum. A more logical approach would be to remain outwardly calm, acknowledge the situation \u2014 yes, the \u201crats\u201d were found, NABU did its job \u2014 and signal that the government is only growing stronger.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"540\">And they are hysterical. Their insults border on outright obscenities. They are shouting about Moscow\u2019s hand in NABU, SAPO, the opposition, and everywhere else \u2014 so loudly that even the most skeptical observers might think: no, they never scream like this when \u201cenemies are shaking power.\u201d It is the noise of an unfaithful spouse caught in someone else\u2019s bed, or a street thief caught in the act of stealing someone else\u2019s wallet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"587\">This is how those caught red-handed lament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"783\">And it shows that, in reality, the authorities\u2019 positions are extremely weak \u2014 so weak that they fear the inevitable drop in approval ratings triggered by the Mindich and Galushchenko scandal.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/mindich-ministry-of-friends-and-suitcases\/\">MinDiCh: Where Friends and Suitcases Run the Ministry<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"347\">I am increasingly convinced that a government of National Unity, with broad opposition participation, will be formed \u2014 on Poroshenko\u2019s terms. Because then the Greens will have no use for fat. And it will happen very soon.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"425\">Partly because they are hysterical right now, unable to handle a real hit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"551\">When the threat is genuine, the Greens become surprisingly tolerant of the opposition \u2014 as they were on February 24, 2022.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"825\">For future journalists and public activists, this should serve as a clear symbol. Today you support \u201cpromising young faces,\u201d and tomorrow you are a \u201cslut from a famous publication\u201d \u2014 according to the terminology of these same\u2026 faces. Let them draw their own conclusions.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/583908630_1401981854620503_1664185328665959612_n.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" data-right>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/saving-the-presidents-image-how-bankova-covers-mindich\/\">Saving the President&#8217;s Image: How Bankova Covers Mindich<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p>It is worth recalling that after the \u201cMidas\u201d operation \u2014 which exposed large-scale corruption in Energoatom and sent shockwaves through government offices \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/telegram-atakuie-nabu-perezhyvaie-nashestia-botiv-pislia-operatsii-midas\/\">a systematic campaign to discredit NABU and SAPO was launched on Ukrainian Telegram channels.<\/a> Anti-corruption authorities hailed the operation as one of the most effective in 2025. Yet, alongside its successes, a wave of identical posts attacking investigators and prosecutors appeared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Investigators do not name a specific &#8220;director&#8221;, but point to a range of possible customers: some Ukrainian political groups that are afraid of anti-corruption cases, Russian influence structures interested in undermining trust in Ukrainian institutions, as well as business networks that make money from &#8220;sinkholes&#8221; in Telegram.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On the eve of the meeting, President of Ukraine Volodymyr <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenskyy-zmenshyv-strok-sanktsiy-dlia-mindicha-ta-tsukermana\/\">Zelenskyy imposed NSDC sanctions<\/a> against the co-owner of Kvartal-95 Timur Mindich and businessman Oleksandr Zuckerman, who are linked to a corruption case in the energy sector.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, the relevant decree shows that despite the previously promised large-scale sanctions, Zelenskyy limited himself to a three-year term, although at least ten years had previously been discussed. The document emphasizes that Mindich and Zuckerman are citizens of Israel &#8211; a detail that has long raised questions about the real criteria for the current government&#8217;s sanctions policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page Do you know the biggest mistake ZEofis is making right now? He\u2019s throwing a tantrum. A more logical approach would be to remain outwardly calm, acknowledge the situation \u2014 yes, the \u201crats\u201d were found, NABU did its job \u2014 and signal that the government is only growing stronger. &nbsp; And they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1320852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893],"class_list":["post-1320863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1321344,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320863\/revisions\/1321344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1320852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}