# Investigation
The leader of a parliamentary group is to stand trial for offering bribes to members of the Ukrainian parliament
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have announced the dismantling of an organised criminal group that operated within the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and, according to the investigation, facilitated the receipt of unlawful benefits by members of parliament in exchange for voting in favour of specific bills. Five sitting members of parliament have been placed under suspicion.
The State Bureau of Investigation has exposed a lawyer for demanding $9,000 to have a case involving a special forces soldier closed and to have him removed from the wanted list
Officers from the State Bureau of Investigations have exposed a lawyer who, according to the investigation, demanded $9,000 from a serviceman in exchange for closing a case concerning unauthorised absence from his unit and removing him from the wanted list. He was arrested after the second instalment of the money had been handed over.
The SSU has detained a Russian agent who was coordinating the attack on Kyiv on 24 May
The Counter-Intelligence Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine has detained a Russian agent who was coordinating one of the largest-scale air strikes on Kyiv on the night of 24 May. He was detained the following day after the attack whilst conducting reconnaissance near a Ministry of Defence facility.
The Economic Security Bureau is unaware of the specific hardware and software system for which MPs are requesting 81 million hryvnias from the budget
The Economic Security Bureau was unable to explain exactly which hardware and software system the agency requires 81 million hryvnias for. The Bureau’s management had previously approached MPs with a request for funding to purchase it.
Myronyuk, a suspect in the Mindich case, spoke about Galushchenko and “Energoatom”
Ihor Myroniuk, who appears in the Mindich case files under the pseudonym “Rocket”, denied at the TSK hearing that he had been an adviser to the Minister of Energy, and spoke about his contacts with Herman Halushchenko and the work on the corporatisation of “Energoatom”.
A breakthrough in the fight against these schemes will come when the Security Service of Ukraine stops taking part in them and pretending to do its job, says an MP
MP Danylo Getmantsev stated that, in order to tackle the black market in tobacco, smuggling and grey imports, the State Customs Service must stop participating in these schemes and pretending to do its job.
Metropolitan Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox Church has been detained in the Czech Republic on suspicion of drug possession
In Karlovy Vary, the Czech police detained Metropolitan Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox Church. During a search of his car, the police found containers containing a white substance, the nature of which is to be determined by forensic analysis.
A criminal network controlled by ‘thieves-in-law’ has been uncovered at the Khmelnytskyi remand centre
Law enforcement officials have announced the dismantling of a criminal network at the Khmelnytskyi remand centre, which operated under the control of ‘thieves-in-law’. Five inmates have been charged with extortion, organising criminal gatherings and drug trafficking.
A local councillor and head of a forestry enterprise in the Lviv region is to stand trial over the illegal felling of trees worth over 100 million hryvnias
In the Lviv region, an indictment has been filed against the director of a forestry enterprise, who is suspected of illegal logging in the Stryi district. According to the investigation, the amount of damage exceeds 103 million hryvnias.
The State Bureau of Investigation suspects a Ternopil Regional Council official of illegally registering land belonging to a defence enterprise
Officers from the State Bureau of Investigations, working in conjunction with the Security Service of Ukraine, have exposed an official from one of the city councils in the Ternopil region for illegally transferring land belonging to a defence enterprise to private entities. The value of the plots exceeds 15 million hryvnias.
The SSU has detained Russian agents who were ‘hunting’ Ukrainian politicians and military commanders
The Security Service of Ukraine has reported the arrest of two men suspected of working for Russia’s FSB and gathering intelligence for missile strikes and sabotage operations. According to the investigation, one of the suspects had been in ‘standby mode’ for over 12 years.
The State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Prosecutor General have notified two military personnel that they are under investigation in connection with the sale of 500 kg of explosives
Law enforcement officials have announced the arrest of two more military personnel in connection with a case involving the illegal trafficking of ammunition and explosives. According to the investigation, the group’s members attempted to sell 500 kilograms of explosives and other ammunition worth 88,000 US dollars.
