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The head of the Yar.VAL, Vice-President of the All-Ukrainian Public Organisation of Taxpayers, Yosyp Buchynsky, stated that official statistics for the second half of 2025 show that ESBU detectives referred only 12% of criminal proceedings related to tax evasion to court, with 100% of these cases being used to put pressure on businesses.
People's Deputies Anna Skorokhod, Georgiy Mazurashu, and Mikhail Sokolov have registered a package of bills that could radically change the process of bringing law enforcement officers to justice. The parliamentarians propose not only to increase penalties for unlawful actions during investigations, but also to introduce a procedure for compensating citizens for damages caused by law enforcement officers at their own expense.
In Ukraine, 78% of the flower market is in the "shadow," and the state budget's losses from schemes in this sector are estimated at 2 billion hryvnia per year. The MP calls on the Economic Security Bureau and the tax service to take immediate action.
Ukraine is introducing uniform standards of state support for military families. In particular, the law provides for state support in the amount of 15 million hryvnia for each family of a fallen defender.
In the context of a protracted war, financial support for Ukraine from international partners has become not just an auxiliary tool, but the foundation of macroeconomic stability. The new four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme from the IMF, worth $8.1 billion, is part of a $136.5 billion international support package. However, these funds are not provided unconditionally: their receipt directly depends on Ukraine's ability to reform key state institutions, among which the Economic Security Bureau and the Accounting Chamber occupy a special place.
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a new 48-month Extended Fund Facility programme for Ukraine worth approximately $8.1 billion. This decision will allow for the immediate disbursement of a first tranche of $1.5 billion.
The Economic Security Bureau stated that it has all legal grounds to inspect vehicles through the Safe City system.
The director of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau, Semen Kryvonos, said that NABU is taking all measures to return the main figures in the Midas case to Ukraine. However, the situation is complicated, as the full-scale invasion has become an additional tool for defending the figures in international courts.
In February, Nazar Konstantinov, head of the territorial administration of the Economic Security Bureau in Kyiv, received a salary of 481,501 hryvnia. The official received almost the same amount from the ESBU for the entire year 2024.
People's Deputy Danylo Getmantsev stated that the illegal tobacco market in Ukraine has grown from 12.6% to more than 18%. In his opinion, this is due to the low efficiency of the Economic Security Bureau.
The lawyer representing Sergey Tarasov, founder of the I&U Group agricultural holding, declined to comment on his own statements regarding violations by the prosecution.
In an interview with Forbes, MP Danylo Getmantsev announced the preparation of a new large-scale housing loan programme and pension reform.
