Crime
Law enforcement officers have uncovered a network of illegal online casinos with a turnover of over 5 billion hryvnias
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced the dismantling of an organised group involved in illegal online gambling. Citizens of the Russian Federation and Ukraine were implicated in the scheme.
A man armed with an axe attacked police officers in Zaporizhzhia
In the Kosmichny district of Zaporizhzhia, police officers were attacked whilst carrying out a routine check on a driver. A 49-year-old man has been charged.
A US soldier has been accused of insider trading after winning $400,000 by betting on Maduro’s ousting
In the US, charges have been brought against a member of a special forces unit who made over $400,000 from betting on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The ESBU has uncovered a scheme to fragment a retail chain in the Poltava region
Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau have carried out searches at a large chain of grocery stores operating across several regions of Ukraine. Investigators believe the company used thousands of sole traders to minimise its tax liability.
Former officials of the Ukrainian Football Association are to stand trial for embezzling 26.5 million hryvnias
Investigators have concluded the pre-trial investigation into the case concerning the misappropriation of funds during the implementation of a football infrastructure project. The case file has been forwarded to the court.
The SSU and the National Police have uncovered a scheme involving the embezzlement of over 447 million hryvnias from Ukrenergo
Law enforcement officers have uncovered an organised group which, through fraudulent activities involving the supply of electricity, caused the state hundreds of millions of hryvnias in losses. Six people have been placed under suspicion.
Moldovan billionaire Vladimir Plahotniuc has been sentenced to 19 years in prison
Vladimir Plahotniuc, the former leader of Moldova’s Democratic Party, has been found guilty of bank fraud, organising a criminal group and money laundering. A court in Chișinău has sentenced him to 19 years’ imprisonment.
SBU: ‘Somali’, a militant who fought against Ukraine, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison
According to the Security Service of Ukraine, a militant from the Russian-backed “Somali” group, who fought against Ukraine and later attempted to obtain Ukrainian documents in order to flee to the European Union, has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment with confiscation of property. The man was arrested in October 2025 in Volyn.
The Pavlograd Chemical Plant deliberately supplied the Ukrainian Armed Forces with 233,000 defective mines
The Security Service of Ukraine has stated that the former management of the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant deliberately supplied the Armed Forces of Ukraine with over 233,000 unserviceable mortar rounds. According to the investigation, this involves 100,000 82-mm and nearly 133,000 120-mm shells, with the loss to the state estimated at 3.3 billion hryvnias.
The State Bureau of Investigation has notified military personnel at the TCC in Kharkiv that they are under suspicion of torture
In Kharkiv, a group of military personnel from the regional recruitment centre and other units have been charged with torturing civilians. According to the investigation, the suspects acted in concert and used force and weapons.
The shadow of a fugitive looms over the Supreme Court: why Zhevago, who is subject to sanctions, continues to win court cases in Ukraine
Despite high-profile announcements about cleaning up the judicial system and the arrest of former Supreme Court President Vsevolod Knyazev, the influence of sanctioned oligarchs on the Ukrainian judiciary remains consistently high. This is clearly demonstrated by the case of Kostyantyn Zhevago. ThePublic has analysed how judges may be involved in lobbying for the businessman’s interests and why activists have been calling for years for investigations into Olena Kibenko and Maryna Domanska.
There was an attempt to sell the Azov gas field for 630,000 hryvnias
The Supreme Court has declared invalid the results of the tender, the special permit and the sale and purchase agreement relating to the Priazovskoye gas field, which, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General, was being attempted to be sold for a sum tens of times lower than the starting price. This is one of Ukraine’s oldest gas fields, with reserves of over 2.2 billion cubic metres of gas.
