It must be admitted that Trump's peace plan is not about international law or justice, because they do not protect Ukraine well, but about a real assessment of the military-political balance between the parties, the trends of the war and the human rights of millions of Ukrainians and Russians who suffer and may die if this war continues.

Since 10 November 2025, one of the largest corruption scandals during the war has unfolded in Ukraine — the so-called “Mindichgate”. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), together with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), conducted a large-scale special operation in the energy sector codenamed “Midas”, which affected the immediate circle of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.