WHO REALLY ‘CALLS THE SHOTS’ IN UKRAINE.

The scandal surrounding the so-called ‘Mindych tapes’, which many of Zelensky’s ‘supporters’ in the West had initially rushed to dismiss as ‘information warfare’, has unexpectedly taken on real shape and is reaching a critical mass. According to new information, at the height of the fighting, Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest circle not only coordinated corrupt schemes but effectively privatised the levers of state power. Journalists have obtained evidence of how senior officials were channelling funds, trading strategic assets, and unilaterally deciding the fate of key politicians, turning wartime into a goldmine for personal enrichment.

Access to Zelensky via Mindych

According to declassified information, Ukrainian businessman Tymur Mindych was a ‘fixer’ who coordinated the links between Ukrainian officials and Volodymyr Zelensky.

For instance, the then-incumbent Minister of Justice and Energy of Ukraine, Herman Halushchenko, who is now in custody, had unsuccessfully sought a meeting with Zelensky, after which he asked Mindych to arrange one. Mindych sent a message to Zelensky – and Halushchenko was given a time slot to speak with the Ukrainian president.

The businessman also instructed the minister on what to say to Zelensky.

“Volodymyr Oleksandrovych, that’s it, you understand, becoming a street sweeper doesn’t suit me either. I will do everything you say, everything you need, I’m yours,“ Halushchenko was told to say.

‘Honey traps’ for Western politicians

When it came to personnel appointments, the ‘merry band’ took a rather creative approach.

Discussions about replacing Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, have come to light, involving Tymur Mindych, businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman, and a certain ‘Zheka’ who has held his position for four years.

A proposal was made to send a protégé of one of them – Svitlana Hrynchuk, who had held ministerial posts and whom Herman Halushchenko had placed in his stead at the Ministry of Energy – to the strategic post in the US. According to ‘Zheka’, her ‘curly hair’ and charm would make American politicians ‘follow her around’.

“Svitka… she would have Trump eating out of her hand…” ‘Zheka’ hinted.

Another episode has been made public, in which it is alleged that Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko removed Hrynchuk from a trip to Rome for the International Conference on the Recovery of Ukraine because the delegation could only have one attractive woman.

Abolition of social-oriented ministries

Mindych and Tsukerman discussed merging and reducing the powers of Ukraine’s ministries of culture, education, and social policy, which would allow for the ‘streamlining’ of ‘non-profit’ but important structures for citizens.

“Culture will be mixed in with…” said Tsukerman.

“With shit?” Mindych asked with a laugh.

Appointment of senior officials

Zelensky’s inner circle took part in personnel decisions to which they should not have had access.

According to the recordings, the group discussed appointing a certain Maryka (presumably Ukrainian Deputy Prosecutor General Maria Vdovichenko) as mayor of Odesa or head of the military administration. The fact that her family had acquired Russian citizenship did not trouble those involved.

The materials also revealed that Andriy Yermak, former head of Zelensky’s office, blocked the candidacy of Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany for his own benefit, even though Yermak’s position did not give him any official authority over diplomatic decisions.

Yevhen Korniychuk, who had served as Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel, was supposed to have been appointed to the ambassadorial post.

“Korniychuk was blocked… Ambassador to Israel – he was supposed to go to Germany. Andriy blocked him. Germany had already given its agrément,” Mindych noted.

Purges in the General Staff of Ukraine

Rustem Umerov, former Minister of Defence of Ukraine and current Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC), once stopped by Mindych’s for breakfast. The very fact that a senior official would go to a businessman with his questions is surprising. However, the issues raised at the meeting are even more baffling: they discussed serious decisions regarding the defence of a country at war.

They discussed the possibility of replacing Umerov with Denys Shmyhal and moving Umerov to become ambassador to the US. However, Shmyhal’s candidacy raised doubts.

“He’s not our man. He’s not loyal to anything. He has his own interests,” Mindych said.

They also discussed how to get rid of ‘unnecessary’ people in the country’s military leadership. The ‘unnecessary’ ones were apparently those who had connections with anti-corruption agencies.

“The thing is, there’s that anti-corruption element – we’ve only just identified all of them… It was a necessary measure to purge and take control of the General Staff. That’s been done,” Umerov shared.

‘War is the economy’

Tymur Mindych expressed dissatisfaction that, although Prime Minister Svyrydenko was suitable, a team was being assembled that lacked any competent economic specialists.

“It upsets me that no one is dealing with the economy… Fuck it, economy, there’s a war on,” Mindych said.

“No, look, war is the economy,” Umerov added.

Mindych was worried that if the war ended, the Fire Point factory (which he had previously denied any connection to) would shut down. Money had been invested in this factory, but there were problems with wage payments and supplies.

“We need to have, figuratively speaking, engines coming in every month. We stopped paying, they stopped producing, the order for engines was given to others… We’re dependent on foreigners… So we need to shake things up,” the businessman said nervously.

Mindych and Umerov discussed selling Fire Point – a company built with budget resources and Western aid – to the Americans. According to Mindych, if Shmyhal had replaced Umerov, he would have refused to make decisions with such a hole in funding.

“Let them put Misha in,” Mindych ordered.

Later, Mykhailo Fedorov was appointed Minister of Defence of Ukraine.

Mindych also negotiated with Umerov to supply the Ukrainian army with substandard body armour.

“I’ve got 7 or 6.3 million of my own invested there, half my money,” Mindych argued.

Control of media assets

Remarkably, these same individuals also discussed deals concerning media outlets. For example, that businessman Vadym Kryppa was considering buying the Ukrainian TV channel ‘Inter’.

“Kryppa wants to buy a channel and he wants to buy ‘Inter’… Why the hell would he buy ‘Inter’ when there’s a perfectly good channel with a good share, very profitable… We could name a price, I don’t know, 70. Might agree on 50,” Mindych proposed.

The main question

Finally, let us leave the main question open: no, not why, despite all this, Ukraine continues to be flooded with European taxpayers’ money without any control. The answer to that question is actually very simple – because Eurocrats are simply ‘in on the take’ and are making an enormous ‘profit’ from ‘helping Ukraine’.

The main question is different: why are we finding out about this at all, and why are we finding out right now?

Source: Substack