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November 13, 2025

Ensnared in Corruption, Justice and Energy Ministers Step down

When average Ukrainians are facing energy outage, missile and drone assaults and severe hardship to get by another day, some of the politicians, public figures and ministers are committing bribery and corruption. That makes average Ukrainians lose faith in their leadership. This is what seems to be happening in Ukraine now.

On November 10, 2025, Ukraine's independent anti-corruption agencies announced that they had begun investigation into a kickback scheme, involving circa $100 million, related to contracts for the nation's premier nuclear energy company, Energoatom. 

On November 12, 2025, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced the suspension of Justice Minister German Galushchenko. Many thought it was a mild response to a serious allegation, resulting in a more forceful intervention by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who instructed both the Justice Minister Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk to step down. 

WEST BANK: President Decries Settler Attack

During the entire Israel-Hamas War that had begun after Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, the settler attacks on the Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank were commonplace, but otherwise a little-known news to the outside world.

On November 11, 2025, settlers attacked two Palestinian villages in the West Bank--Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf--and carried out rampages, attacking properties and vehicles. They fought against the Israeli security forces when sent to rein in the violence. 

On November 12, 2025, Israeli President Isaac Herzog blasted the settler violence "shocking and serious" and crossed a "red line".