Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Wednesday submitted a motion to parliament asking to dismiss Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk and Justice Minister German Galushchenko amid a corruption scandal in the energy sector, reported Xinhua. Svyrydenko said on Telegram that both ministers have submitted their resignation letters in accordance with the law. In a statement on Facebook, Hrynchuk emphasized that no violations of law had occurred during her professional activities. "Such facts cannot exist in principle," she said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged parliament to support the ministers' resignations, and the government suspended Galushchenko's duties earlier in the day. "I believe that the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Energy cannot remain in office. This is, among other things, a matter of trust. If there are accusations, they must be addressed," Zelensky wrote on Telegram. Earlier this week, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced it had conducted an operation targeting corruption in the energy sector, particularly within the state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom. According to the bureau, investigators uncovered a "high-level criminal organization" operating in the energy sector that allegedly involved present and former energy sector officials and a well-known businessman.