Good take on this whole story from “The Islander”:

Two days ago, Zelensky smirked into the cameras and said he wasn’t afraid of Trump.

Hour later, his palace was swarmed by Ukraine’s anti‑corruption agency. His billionaire Godfather fled. His justice Minister fell.

What came next wasn’t a rumor or a Russian op, it was The Spectator, Britain’s establishment mouthpiece, publishing a headline that read: “The scandal that could bring down Volodymyr Zelensky.”

The loot? A solid-gold toilet was among the lavish pizes uncovered in raids linked to Timur Mindixel, Zelensky’s childhood friend, business partner, and long-time bagman. Cupboards stuffed with €200 bills. Lavish real estate deals. Kickbacks from $100 million in “fortification contracts” tied to Ukraine’s energy secze, including Energoatom, the state-run nuclear operator.

Mindich, co-owner of Zelensky’s Kvartal 95 studio, birthday party host, wartime drone contractor, is now gone. Fled the country just hours before the raids. Gone, like hunfreds of billions in Western aid. Gone, like the myth of Ukraine’s untouchable reformer.

But this isn’t just about one shady oligarch. The Justice Minister himself, German Galushchenko, has resigned under pressure. NABU’s investigation has now reached the upper decks of the Zelensky inner circle, and it didn’t get there by accident.

Just four months ago, Zelensky tried to destroy NABU and SAPO’s independence, ramming through emergency laws to fold them under presidential control. The justification? Vague mutterings of Russian infiltration. No proof. Just panic.

The move sparked the first mass protests in Kiev since the war began, the same Zelensky who once claimed total wartime unity found his own capital turning on him. Under pressure from Brussels, Washington, and the streets, he backed down. But not before exposing exactly what he feared: accountability.

Now, NABU has fired back with 70 coordinated raids, backed by over 1,000 hours of audio surveillance, some allegedly featuring Zelensky himself speaking in code at Mindich’s apartment. Yes, the president who loves the camera may soon be forced to explain what was said when he thought no one was watching.

The stakes? Existential. A full-scale internal war has now broken out between NABU/SAPO (funded and guided by the West) and the SBU (Zelensky’s domestic hammer). One serves empire. The other protects the throne. Ukraine, far from a sovereign nation, is being torn between two handlers, one local, one foreign.

Even former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko called it out: “Ukraine is turning into a disenfranchised colony.” She was mocked at the time.

Let’s talk about Fire Point, once a casting agency for Kvartal 95’s comedy shoots, now miraculously transformed into a multi-million-dollar weapons manufacturer. No competitive bidding. No transparency. Just a paper trail of war profiteering. Fire Point even “produces” phantom cruise missile now, the Flamingo, named perhaps for its elegance, elegance of laundering more Western tax dollars.

And what about the recordings? NABU teased snippets, muffled Russian dialogue between men using codenames. No full release yet. But that teaser wasn’t for the public. It was a message: we have the kompromat, and we’re not afraid to use it. Not against Putin. Against the puppet regime you built, Volodymyr.

Remember Maidan was sold as an uprising against corruption, but Zelensky seems to have outdone all of his predecessors combined.

The empire’s favorite hero has become its greatest liability. The golden toilets have returned, and this time, they’re flushing the myth itself. Seems as though Zelensky’s handlers are ready to flush him, but will be unable to wash their hands of their own corruption and guilt.

https://xcancel.com/IslanderWORLD/status/1988684874400805218