# Corruption
In the Carpathian region, the public prosecutor’s office is demanding over 300 million hryvnias from ‘Forests of Ukraine’ for illegal logging
The company is to pay a record fine for the mass destruction of trees in the Hutsulshchyna National Park.
“Corruption thrives where there is manual control” — a stark statement by Kirill Budanov
Eliminating subjective interference in state processes and transitioning to transparent rules is a strategic prerequisite for Ukraine’s survival and its accession to the EU. This was emphasised by Kirill Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, during the conference ‘Operation “European Integration”: Reforms in the Field of Justice’
2.8 million hryvnias from the budget were embezzled from the grave crosses of fallen heroes
A scheme involving the embezzlement of public funds allocated for the construction of the ‘Alley of Remembrance for the Defenders of Ukraine’ memorial in Irpin has been uncovered in the Kyiv region.
Vegetable thefts in school greenhouses. A former official from Kyiv has been sentenced to seven years
The Dnipro District Court of Kyiv has sentenced the former head of the Education Department of the Dnipro District State Administration to seven years in prison. She was found guilty of embezzling public funds during the 2023 procurement of vegetable cutters and chairs for school shelters.
The assets of the ‘Kyiv Radio Plant’ were sold illegally for less than a twentieth of their market value
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has charged the liquidator of the company, whose actions resulted in the state losing nearly 60 million hryvnias.
The AMCU has fined two companies over 4.1 million hryvnias for collusion in tenders
On 16 April, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine found “Maestro Group” Trading House LLC and “Plafon” LLC guilty of engaging in anti-competitive concerted practices that led to the distortion of tender results. The total fine imposed on the two companies amounted to 4,113,801 UAH.
Yermak and Mindich were summoned to a meeting of the High Anti-Corruption Court, but neither attended — UP
Andriy Yermak, the former head of the President’s Office, and businessman Timur Mindich — the main figure in Operation Midas — were summoned to appear before the High Anti-Corruption Court. However, neither of them attended.
Salaries of up to 2 million hryvnias and savings in the millions: what the deputy chairmen of the Sumy Regional Council declared
Four deputy chairmen of the Sumy Regional Council declared salaries ranging from 1.6 million UAH to nearly 2 million UAH in their 2025 declarations, along with cash savings, flats, plots of land, cars, loans and investments in property. Separately, the regional council disclosed the system of allowances, monthly bonuses and financial assistance for these officials.
Unsubstantiated assets worth 368 million hryvnias: what was uncovered regarding the heads of regional TCCs
Suspilne analysed 62 former and current heads of regional anti-corruption centres and specialised units who served between 2022 and 2026, and found that at least nine findings by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK) concerned indications of illicit enrichment totalling 367,927,245 UAH. The focus was on both the most high-profile figures in criminal proceedings and officials whose assets, according to journalists’ estimates, corresponded to their official incomes or had remained unchanged since the start of the full-scale war.
