Bangladesh, Dec. 3 -- Ukraines anti-corruption agencies have launched yet another dramatic operation, this time detaining a former deputy energy minister who is suspected of siphoning state funds from Energoatom, the countrys nuclear energy giant. The arrest is part of a sweeping and increasingly sensitive investigation that is beginning to circle dangerously close to the inner circle of President Volodymyr Zelensky, raising uncomfortable questions about governance, oversight, and the political cost of corruption in a nation fighting for its survival.

The official, whose name the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has not yet disclosed, allegedly orchestrated a sophisticated embezzlement scheme involving inflated insurance contracts for n...