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The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has been at the forefront of various significant legal proceedings and investigations in 2026. Notable cases include the sentencing of Russian agents to life imprisonment for directing strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, highlighting the office's steadfast commitment to national security. Additionally, the complex "Carthage" case continues to unfold, with high-level officials such as Serhii Kropyva facing intense scrutiny for alleged corruption. The office has also been actively involved in repatriating Ukrainian children illegally taken to Russia, showcasing its dedication to upholding justice and human rights. As public trust wavers, ongoing reforms and cooperation with NABU and SAPO are crucial to restoring confidence.
What recent actions has the Prosecutor General’s Office taken against Russian agents?
In a significant legal development, the Prosecutor General’s Office successfully prosecuted two Russian agents involved in directing airstrikes against Ukrainian critical infrastructure. These agents were sentenced to life imprisonment, demonstrating Ukraine’s determination to protect its sovereignty and hold perpetrators accountable.
How is the Prosecutor General’s Office addressing allegations of corruption within its own ranks?
The Prosecutor General's Office is actively investigating cases of internal corruption, such as Operation "Carthage," involving high-ranking officials like Serhii Kropyva. The ongoing legal processes and cooperation with anti-corruption bodies aim to ensure transparency and accountability within the office.
What is the significance of the "Carthage" case mentioned in recent updates?
The "Carthage" case is a major corruption investigation implicating several top officials at the Prosecutor General's Office. It centers around allegations of abuse of power and illicit activities. The case is pivotal in addressing systemic corruption within law enforcement in Ukraine.
How is the Ukrainian public's trust in the Prosecutor General’s Office being addressed amid recent events?
To enhance public trust, the Prosecutor General’s Office is undertaking reforms and maintaining close collaboration with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). These efforts aim to restore confidence in its integrity and operations.
What role does international cooperation play in the recent activities of the Prosecutor General’s Office?
International cooperation is vital for the Prosecutor General’s Office, especially in transnational legal cases like the seizure of the Russian "shadow fleet" vessel Caffa. This global collaboration underscores the importance of cross-border legal partnerships in achieving justice and accountability.
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Russian who killed five servicemen of 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade in Kharkiv region detained. PHOTO Law enforcement officers tracked down and detained a man suspected of shooting dead five Ukrainian servicemen in the Kharkiv region in less than 24 hours. He was identified as a Russian citizen serving in the Russian army. 24 683 107 Previously in trend: Killing of servicemen
$20,000 for "favourable" finding in construction worker’s death: State Labour Service official exposed in Volyn. VIDEO+PHOTOS The deputy head of the State Labour Service’s Western Interregional Directorate has been exposed in Volyn. According to investigators, he requested $20,000 to influence the findings of an investigation into a construction worker’s death. 1 069 1
Man suspected of attempting to murder member of Territorial Defence Forces and of attacking police officer has been arrested in Lviv region. PHOTOS A 47-year-old resident of Sheptytskyi in the Lviv region has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder a member of the RTCC and SP. During his arrest, the man also fired a shot in the direction of a police officer. 2 572 79 Previously in trend: attempted murder
Over UAH 6.7 million in unjustified combat payments: 4 military officials to stand trial. PHOTOS Prosecutors from the Luhansk Specialized Defense Prosecutor’s Office of the Eastern Region have submitted indictments to court against four military officials accused of negligence in the performance of their duties. 676 4 Previously in trend: Negligent attitude toward military service
Misappropriation of 5.6 million hryvnias during procurement of electronic warfare equipment for military unit: members of organised group to stand trial. PHOTOS An indictment has been filed in court against four members of an organised group accused of embezzling 5.6 million hryvnias allocated to support the military. 838 1 Previously in trend: stealing
Over 630 million hryvnias in cash and searches across 16 regions: OGP and the BES have uncovered shadow financial network. PHOTOS A large-scale underground financial network has been uncovered which, according to the investigation, operated throughout Ukraine and was used for tax evasion and money laundering. During more than 30 searches across 16 regions, law enforcement officers seized cash amounting to over 630 million... 1 795 4 Previously in trend: financial fraud
Fifty luxury cars stolen in EU: members of Ukrainian branch of criminal organization to stand trial. VIDEO+PHOTOS The pretrial investigation into members of the Ukrainian branch of an international criminal organization that stole luxury cars in European Union countries has been completed. The indictment has been sent to court. 2 471 0 Previously in trend: forgery of documents
Russian commander who used prisoners as ’human shields’ in Sumy region identified – Office of Prosecutor General. PHOTOS Under the procedural guidance of the Sumy Regional Prosecutor’s Office, law enforcement officers have identified the commander of a Russian Federation army battalion who, according to the investigation, ordered the use of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian women to cover the retreat of a... 4 422 12 Previously in trend: War crimes of Russia
23.5 billion hryvnias channelled through money-laundering centre: OGP and BES have uncovered criminal organisation that was siphoning off funds via cryptocurrency. VIDEO+PHOTOS Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, detectives from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) uncovered a ‘money-laundering centre’ through which around 500 million hryvnias passed each month. 10 362 23 Previously in trend: Conversion Center
Nearly 1,000 medical assessments for mobilization deferments: Entire medical commission in Ternopil region notified of suspicion. PHOTOS The head of a district hospital’s medical advisory commission, three other commission members, and two intermediaries have been implicated in a scheme uncovered in the Ternopil region. 6 363 32 Previously in trend: Evasion from mobilization
’Paper’ FPV drones worth over 47 million hryvnias: former military unit commander and his accomplices are to stand trial. PHOTOS The pre-trial investigation has been completed and an indictment has been filed against members of a criminal organisation accused of embezzling over 47 million hryvnias of public funds allocated for the purchase of FPV drones and optical equipment for a military unit. 3 766 13 Previously in trend: stealing
Counterfeit goods from well-known brands worth 98 million hryvnias: eight members of organised group have been notified of suspicion. PHOTOS Law enforcement officers in the Lviv region have uncovered an organised group of eight people who had set up a full production and distribution chain for counterfeit clothing and electronics under the guise of global brands. 2 991 7
Large-scale searches are continuing across Ukraine in connection with counterfeit weight-loss product "Biopatid". PHOTO Large-scale searches are currently underway across Ukraine in connection with the counterfeit weight-loss product ‘Biopatid’. 9 200 70 Previously in trend: produced counterfeits
Bihus.Info has located house in Kozyn that Prosecutor General Kravchenko may be using in secret. PHOTO Journalists from Bihus.Info have discovered a house in Kozyn that Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko may be using in secret. 13 726 69 Previously in trend: Operation Carthage
"Muse" from "NABU tapes" has been identified: she is Yelyzaveta Ivakhnenko from Odesa, who owns Mercedes, luxury property and Messika jewellery. PHOTO The ‘Mezha’ Anti-Corruption Centre has identified ‘Musa’, who features in the ‘NABU tapes’ and is a member of a criminal organisation involved in ‘providing protection for illegal call centres’. 55 240 113 Previously in trend: Operation Carthage
"Protection racket" for call centres and money laundering: criminal organisation headed by official from Office of the Prosecutor General has been exposed – NABU. PHOTOS The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have uncovered a criminal organisation whose members systematically obtained unlawful gains from fraudulent call centres and laundered millions. The mastermind behind the scheme... 12 856 65 Previously in trend: Dismantling call center networks Operation Carthage
Tortured civilians and used them as "human shields": two Russian soldiers sentenced to 10 and 12 years. PHOTO Two Russian soldiers have been convicted of torturing civilians, using people as ‘human shields’ and shelling houses and civilian infrastructure during the occupation of Borodianka and Makariv in the Kyiv region. 1 187 6 Previously in trend: Torture during the occupation
Russian chemical attacks in Kharkiv region: nine Russian military personnel to stand trial. PHOTO An investigation has been completed in the Kharkiv region into nine Russian servicemen accused of carrying out at least 14 chemical attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions. Seven Ukrainian servicemen were injured as a result of the use of chemical munitions. 1 157 6 Previously in trend: use of prohibited chemical weapons
She filmed military unit in Khmelnytskyi region: Russian agent sentenced to 15 years. PHOTOS A 27-year-old woman caught by law enforcement officers in Khmelnytskyi in April last year collaborating with the Russian Federation was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of her property. 2 003 7 Previously in trend: Sentences for high treason Recruited FSB agents
42 drug laboratories have been dismantled and psychotropic substances worth 540 million hryvnias have been seized: international special operation "RUBICON" has been completed. VIDEO&PHOTOS A large-scale international special operation, ‘RUBICON’, aimed at dismantling a transnational network involved in the industrial production and distribution of drugs and psychotropic substances, has been completed. 2 770 24 Previously in trend: Drug manufacturing and distribution Elimination of drug trade
"Former minister of DNR" and his accomplices, who deported 53 Ukrainian children, have been charged in absentia. VIDEO+PHOTO The Security Service and the Office of the Prosecutor General have compiled a comprehensive body of evidence regarding the deportation of 53 Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast to Moscow in October 2022. 830 0
Criminal scheme uncovered during modernisation of infrastructure at state-owned enterprise ’Black Sea Commercial Port of Chornomorsk’. PHOTOS Based on information provided by the Security Service of Ukraine, a criminal scheme at the Black Sea branch of the State Enterprise ‘Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority’ has been uncovered during a pre-trial investigation conducted by the State Bureau of Investigations under the procedural supervision... 824 2
Planted explosives under serviceman’s car in Kyiv for $1,500: Woman sentenced to 9 years for terrorist attack ordered by Russia. VIDEO+PHOTOS A 24-year-old Kyiv woman has been found guilty of committing a terrorist attack in Kyiv’s Obolon district. The court sentenced her to nine years in prison with confiscation of property. 4 364 19 Previously in trend: Terrorist attacks in Ukraine burning military cars
Police uncover illegal surrogacy scheme that led to deaths of two newborns. PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office, the director of a private reproductive technology medical centre in Kyiv was notified of suspicion of recruiting a person for the purpose of exploitation through deception and abuse of the victim’s vulnerable... 1 888 5
Deputy head of Khmelnytskyi RMA exposed for receiving "kickbacks" for signing road repair contracts. PHOTOS The SSU’s Main Internal Security Directorate and the Office of the Prosecutor General have dismantled a large-scale scheme involving the embezzlement of budget funds allocated for road reconstruction. The comprehensive operation exposed a deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Military... 1 916 17
Tortured prisoner of war and civilians in Zaporizhzhia: Rosgvardiya commander sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison. PHOTO Following a public prosecution by prosecutors from the Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the court found the commander of a rosgvardiya unit guilty in absentia of cruel treatment of a Ukrainian prisoner of war and civilian residents (Article 438(1) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). 1 615 10 Previously in trend: Torture during the occupation
14 million in cash for bogus disability claims: law enforcement officers have arrested group of doctors in Kharkiv region and revealed bedroom full of dollars. PHOTOS A scheme involving the illegal granting of disability status to conscripts has been uncovered in the Kharkiv region. For between 5,000 and 8,000 US dollars, they were helped to obtain documents entitling them to a deferment from mobilisation. 8 580 34 Previously in trend: Fake disability among prosecutors
Network of underground tobacco workshops has been dismantled in two regions: equipment, products and cash have been seized. VIDEO&PHOTOS Prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, in collaboration with the National Police and the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine, have shut down illegal cigarette manufacturing operations in the Lviv and Kharkiv regions. 2 386 15
Strike on training ground in Kyiv region: death toll rises to 11; court to determine pre-trial measure for exhibition organiser. PHOTOS The death toll from the Russian strike on the Kyiv region on 24 July has risen. 8 032 34 Previously in trend: Russian attack on a test site in the Kyiv region
Supplied from EU: a drug dealer was arrested in Odesa with kilogram of cocaine worth $52,000. PHOTOS Law enforcement officers have dismantled a large-scale drug trafficking network operating in Ukraine. In Odesa, a 41-year-old local resident was caught red-handed after organising the smuggling of cocaine from European Union countries. 1 425 9 Previously in trend: Drug manufacturing and distribution
SSU, National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office have exposed a further four Russian agents involved in arson attacks in Ukraine. PHOTOS The Security Service, the National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office have exposed a further four FSB accomplices who carried out contract arson attacks in the Kirovohrad and Odesa regions. 1 329 13 Previously in trend: Detention of arsonists
Substandard shelters for schools and military: 47-million-hryvnia scheme has been uncovered. PHOTOS Participants in the scheme embezzled over 47 million hryvnias of public funds during the procurement of modular shelters for schools, communities and military units. They supplied protective structures that did not comply with state building regulations. 884 10
Scheme to embezzle funds during construction of school shelter exposed in Khmelnytskyi region. PHOTOS Prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office have notified a settlement head, the director of a construction company, and a technical supervision engineer of suspicion over the misappropriation of budget funds on an especially large scale and official forgery during the... 731 2
21 million UAH in unpaid taxes: new charges reported in case of mine supplies to Ministry of Defence. PHOTOS State Bureau of Investigation officers exposed a new episode of illegal activity by the management of a private company that manufactured explosive devices for the Defense Forces. It should be recalled that in early 2026, the Bureau dismantled a criminal organisation that had misappropriated... 1 018 4 Previously in trend: Tax violations Corruption in defence
Fictitious demining worth 49 million hryvnias: six participants in the scheme have been charged. PHOTOS Under the procedural supervision of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office, six individuals have been notified that they are under suspicion of misappropriating public funds allocated for the humanitarian demining of agricultural land. 1 392 16 Previously in trend: financial fraud
Sexual violence as weapon of Russian Federation: 401 cases of crimes committed by occupiers have been recorded in Ukraine. INFOGRAPHICS Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 401 cases of conflict-related sexual violence committed by Russian occupiers against the civilian population have been officially recorded. 902 6
6.3 million UAH for shelters that offer no protection during shelling: former education official in Dnipropetrovsk region notified of suspicion. PHOTOS Prosecutors from the Synelnykove District Prosecutor’s Office have notified a former official that she is suspected of professional negligence resulting in serious consequences (Article 367(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The issue of a preventive measure is currently being considered. 1 270 4 Previously in trend: Construction of shelters
Paintings by Aivazovsky, Kuindzhi and Kalmykov worth over 26 million hryvnias were handed over to occupiers: former director of the Mariupol museum has been notified of suspicion. PHOTOS The former director of the Mariupol Local History Museum has been served with a notice of suspicion for facilitating the illegal appropriation by the occupying forces of unique works of art from the collections of the Arkhip Kuindzhi Art Museum. 2 247 17 Previously in trend: Russians are stealing Ukraine’s cultural values Russia steals cultural values
Su-24M plane crash in Khmelnytskyi region: analysis of flight recorder has begun, and official investigation has been launched. PHOTO An investigation is underway in the Khmelnytskyi region into the circumstances surrounding the crash of a military aircraft, in which two pilots were killed. 3 527 33 Previously in trend: losses of Ukraine Ukraine lost aircraft
Sold minors abroad: 38-year-old resident of Kryvyi Rih to stand trial. PHOTOS Prosecutors of the Kryvyi Rih Northern District Prosecutor's Office have sent an indictment to court against a 38-year-old resident of Kryvyi Rih. 3 423 7 Previously in trend: child trafficking Exposing human trafficking
Army corps officials suspected of extorting money from soldiers: charged with 274,000 UAH. PHOTOS Three officials from an army corps in the Kharkiv region are suspected of extorting money from soldiers. 3 695 13 Previously in trend: Bribe-takers in military units
Serviceman stole General Cherry’s FPV drones from military unit and sold them, he was detained – Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTO Law enforcement officers in the Donetsk region have detained a sergeant, a senior combat medic of a company of unmanned aerial systems, who is suspected of stealing and selling16 FPV drones made by General Cherry. 4 147 27 Previously in trend: Production of drones Robbery of military
Russia ordered murder of DIU representative Yusov for $100,000: enemy agent who was preparing assassination has been detained. PHOTOS Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, a contract killing of a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, who is also the deputy head of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners... 5 535 14 Previously in trend: spying in favor of Russia Killing of servicemen
Almost 1.7 kg of dangerous PVP: psychotropic drug smuggling exposed at Romanian border. PHOTOS At the Ukrainian-Romanian border, law enforcement officers prevented a large consignment of the highly dangerous psychotropic substance PVP from being smuggled into Ukraine. 1 009 1 Previously in trend: distribution of drugs
In Dnipro, notice of suspicion served to man who raped and strangled 11-year-old boy. PHOTOS (updated) In Dnipro, law enforcement officers detained a 40-year-old man reasonably suspected of the brutal murder and rape of an 11-year-old child. 8 175 46
Created armed gang and extorted around $2.2 million from ’cryptocurrency traders’: former police colonels to stand trial, – Office of Prosecutor General. PHOTOS An investigation has been completed into four serving officers (at the time the offences were committed) of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, one officer from the Kyiv City Police Department – including police colonels –... 3 883 43 Previously in trend: Extortion of funds
Strike on Mykolaiv in October 2022: mother and son sentenced to up to 15 years for aiding enemy attack, – Office of Prosecutor General. PHOTOS A 53-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son have been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with confiscation of property for orchestrating a Russian attack on Mykolaiv in October 2022, which resulted in the deaths of several people, including a child. 1 583 8 Previously in trend: Shelling of Mykolaiv
Nine Ukrainian citizens who fought on side of Russian Federation have been given actual prison sentences – 15 years with confiscation of property. PHOTO Nine men who fought against Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation have been given prison sentences. 2 784 7 Previously in trend: High treason
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