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Ukraine's point man with Trump tested as corruption probe intensifies

Newly released recordings linked to Ukraine's biggest corruption scandal have put Rustem Umerov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, back into the spotlight, prompting renewed scrutiny over his role in U.S.-brokered peace negotiations. The developments come at a particularly sensitive moment. Umerov, a former defense minister, has not been formally charged but is allegedly under investigation. He is reportedly mentioned in the most recent set of leaked recordings, tying him

Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 3, 2026.

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Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau, or NABU, investigates top-level corruption. NABU is a key agency in Ukraine's anti-corruption infrastructure, set up after the 2014 EuroMaidan Revolution to fight graft.

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