If anyone doubted that the latest corruption scandal in Ukraine, now known as "Mindychgate", has caused a full-scale political crisis in Ukraine, which cannot be resolved by targeted personnel decisions, today's session of the Verkhovna Rada certainly dispelled any such doubts, writes the BBC's correspondent in Ukraine, Svyatoslav Khomenko.
Only two resignations were included in the parliament's agenda: that of Justice Minister German Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk. They were called "Mindych's people" from the current government, and the government's obvious plan was to sacrifice them and announce large-scale personnel changes in the entire energy sector - and then, supposedly, the scandal with the NABU records can be considered over.
However, the events under the dome of the Rada showed that this will not be enough. The opposition clearly holds the political initiative and demands the resignation of the entire government.
Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko add: then a new coalition and government of national unity must be created, which, it must be understood, will not be a passive instrument in the hands of the presidential administration.
The one-party majority of the presidential faction "Servant of the People" in the Rada, firstly, exists only on paper, and secondly, in light of recent events, feels so lost and demoralized that it feels neither the strength nor the desire to "follow" the script written in this same presidential office, which, moreover, can change on the fly.
Meanwhile, the only person directly responsible for future developments - President Volodymyr Zelensky - is on a business trip abroad and is commenting on the events in Ukraine in the spirit of: "I will return soon, I will talk to everyone and prepare the fundamental, quick solutions that our country needs".
But if we learn about them only by the end of the week, when Zelensky returns to Ukraine, we certainly cannot call them quick.
How fundamental they will be (after all, as we have already understood, the resignation of two ministers is not considered such by either the political establishment or society) is another unanswered question.
And here is the moment to recall the possible resignation of the almighty Andriy Yermak, rumors about which appeared yesterday evening and whose request was openly discussed in the sidelines of parliament today.
It is assumed that only the departure of the president's right hand, a key link in the over-centralized system of power that formed in Ukraine during the war, can demonstrate that Zelensky is seriously committed to a real, and not a declarative, reboot of the state mechanism, into the very heart of which the "Midas hand" has penetrated (or Carlson?).
Yermak's possible resignation will inevitably lead to a rethinking of the president's role in the country's political system, so this decision is clearly not easy.
But in the meantime, what is happening in Kiev, to put it mildly, does not strengthen Volodymyr Zelensky's position in negotiations with Western partners.
The key event of the current tour, according to rumors, is tomorrow's meeting between the Ukrainian president and Donald Trump's special representative, Steve Witkoff, in Turkey.
This will happen against the backdrop of Zelensky's announced "intensification of peace talks" and, of course, it would be good for the Ukrainian president to enter this meeting as a strong leader, controlling both the domestic agenda and the situation on the front line.
In short, the crisis, as almost always happens, came at an inopportune moment.
On the other hand, the result of the current clincher may still be not a continuation of the current government, but a radical renewal of both the system of power in the state and Zelensky himself.
What is needed, as Zelensky himself says, are "principled, quick decisions."