KYIV — Ukraine’s justice minister was suspended Wednesday in an investigation into a $100 million kickback scandal in the country’s energy sector that has fueled public anger and reached the heart of the country's wartime leadership .

German Galushchenko was removed from office one day after anti-corruption authorities said they exposed a scheme that allegedly involves a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and an ex-deputy prime minister nicknamed “Che Guevara.”

The probe threatened a high-profile confrontation over the long-running issue of graft in Ukraine as it battles to maintain Western support for its fight against Russia , which has battered its neighbor's energy infrastructure with waves of attacks.

Five people have been arrested and another seven were place

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