The energy minister claims Ukraine's energy system has the necessary reserves to avoid blackouts this winter.
Volodymyr Demchyshyn says the allegations against him were 'fabricated' and 'clumsily ordered' by Zelensky officials.
In 2019, the current energy minister Herman Halushchenko squabbled with gas supplier over his high gas bills.
Herman Halushchenko was reportedly lobbied for a Energy Minister position by Andriy Derkach earlier blacklisted by the US as “an active Russian agent for over a decade’.