Arrest

Former MP Syrotiuk to remain arrested, Appeal Court rules Kyiv Appeal Court refused to change the measure of restraint for former MP Yurii Syrotiuk, who had been detained after riots near the Verkhovna Rada on Aug. 31. The Svoboda party member will remain in custody. 22.09.15 13:59 6 080 24 Previously in trend: Explosion near Verkhovna Rada

Switzerland will grant Putin immunity if he comes to meet with Zelenskyy - Foreign Ministry Switzerland promises to grant Russian dictator Vladimir Putin immunity from prosecution if he visits the country for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 19.08.25 16:54 2 610 26 Previously in trend: Zelenskyy–Putin meeting ICC arrest warrant for Putin

State Enforcement Service arrests Furshet retail chain assets, - Ukrainski Novyny The State Enforcement Service (ES) of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has seized and distrained more than 7,000 square meters of retail space of Furshet - one of the largest Lviv supermarkets. 23.03.16 19:30 56 113 24 Incidents

Court allowed arrest of ex-deputy Zhevaho The investigating judge of the Pechersky district court in Kiev issued a ruling authorizing the arrest of former people's deputy Konstantyn Zhevaho, who is suspected of embezzlement of the property of the "Finansy i Kredyt" Bank. 10.06.20 16:04 8 575 24 Ukrainian Politics

PGO requests parliament’s consent for stripping MP Berezkin of immunity, prosecuting him Ukraine’s top prosecutor asks the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to give consent to arrest, place in pre-trial custody and prosecute a member of Volia Narodu parliamentary group Stanislav Berezkin. 07.11.18 17:10 6 219 24 Ukrainian Politics

PGO filed petition with Interpol and appealed to number of countries to detain "servant of people" Dmytruk The Prosecutor General's Office has requested the detention and temporary arrest of Artem Dmytruk, a Servant of the People MP (now unaffiliated) suspected of attacks on a military officer and a law enforcement officer, for the purpose of his further extradition to Ukraine. 09.09.24 19:40 2 545 24

Court increased bail against subject in "gas case" Postnyi up to 250 million hryvnia. PHOTOS The Appeals Court of Kyiv has ruled to remand one of the subjects in the "gas case" Valerii Postnyi in custody with an alternative to post a bail of 250 million hryvnia (approx. $10.01 million). 03.08.16 13:28 8 632 23 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

Court dismisses appeal for arrest of former Emergency Service Deputy The Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld the measure in the form of arrest with 1,182,000 hryvnia bail for ex-deputy chairman of the State Emergency Service (SES) Vasyl Stoietskyi. 10.04.15 14:34 10 061 23 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

Court arrested "Lutsk terrorist" Krivosh for 60 days without bail The Lutsk City District Court on Wednesday chose a measure of restraint in the form of uncontested detention for Maksym Krivosh, who is suspected of holding 13 hostages on a bus in Lutsk. 23.07.20 17:24 5 018 23 Previously in trend: Bus hostages in Lutsk

Savchenko Has Filed Petition Demanding Personal Participation in Her Trial Savchenko's lawyer met with her in jail. 02.10.14 16:58 16 873 23 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Court imposes two-month pretrial detention on Zaporizhia prosecutor suspected of drug distribution The Pechersk district court of Kyiv ruled to place recently apprehended Zaporizhia prosecutor in detention for a 60-day term with the right to post 800,000 hryvnia (about $28,600) in bail. The mentioned member of Zaporizhia Prosecutor’s Office was nabbed on suspicion of drug distribution and consumption encouraging yesterday, Jan. 19. 20.01.17 21:14 8 238 22 Incidents

Corruption in drone procurement: Servant of People MP Kuznietsov arrested with bail set at UAH 8 million High Anti-Corruption Court rules on pretrial restraint for Servant of the People MP Oleksii Kuznietsov in drone procurement corruption case. 04.08.25 16:36 5 206 54 Previously in trend: Drone procurement corruption

Court grants arrest to fugitive ex-president Yanukovych in case of illegal crossing of state border With the participation of prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office, the Pechersk District Court in Kyiv has remanded in custody former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who is suspected of smuggling people across Ukraine's state border. 19.05.22 15:38 2 423 22 Ukrainian Politics

Turkish organ traffickers arrested by Kyiv court, - PGO. PHOTO The criminals have the right to post a bail. 14.04.17 13:02 25 785 22 Ukrainian Politics

Former head of Kherson Regional Council was placed under house arrest – PGO The court granted motion to the prosecutor's office of the Kherson region and placed the former head of the Kherson Regional Council under house arrest and ordered him to wear an electronic tracking device. 27.03.15 19:49 12 264 22 Incidents

Former deputy head of Presidential Office Smyrnov sent to custody. Bail set at 18 million hryvnia, - lawyer The former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Smyrnov, was remanded in custody with the possibility of bail in the amount of UAH 18 million. 05.05.25 12:18 5 208 33 Previously in trend: Case of former deputy head of the President’s Office Smyrnov

Brazil is unlikely to arrest Putin, who will be invited there for G20 summit - Minister of Foreign Affairs Vieira The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, said that his country, which is a signatory of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, has not given up its intention to invite Vladimir Putin to the summit of the "Group of Twenty" in 2024. 28.12.23 08:42 2 193 22 World

South African Prosecutor’s Office receives warrant for Putin’s arrest in case of his visit South African Prosecutors have obtained an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in case he enters country. 21.07.23 22:54 5 250 22 World

SAP fails to secure pre-trial detention for Martynenko case suspect Pereloma. PHOTO The Court of Appeal left unchanged pre-trial restriction imposed on Serhii Pereloma, a person of interest in Martynenko case. 17.05.17 20:29 3 014 22 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial

Court arrested Dzyuba, head of foreign economic activity department of Motor Sich, for two months The Shevchenkivsky Court of Kyiv sent Oleh Dzuba, the head of the department of foreign economic activity of the Motor Sich company, under arrest for two months, who is suspected, together with the company’s president Viacheslav Bohuslaev, of collaborationism and aiding Russia. 24.10.22 17:21 6 457 21 Ukrainian Politics

Russia breeds fear and repression in Crimea. International partners should sustain constant pressure on Kremlin, - Human Rights Watch Russian authorities have created a pervasive climate of fear and repression in Crimea in the two years since it has occupied the peninsula, Human Rights Watch said today. It is crucial for key international actors to keep Crimea’s drastically deteriorating human rights situation high on their agendas. 18.03.16 15:35 5 919 20 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Court in Russian-occupied Crimea took four Crimean Tatars into custody until April 8, - MP Chubarov The court in Crimea occupied by Russia ruled to take four Crimean Tatars, allegedly arrested on suspicion of terrorism yesterday, into custody until April 8 as a pre-trial restriction. 12.02.16 16:45 2 506 20 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Court extends arrest of Yefremov until April 28 The Starobilsk district court of the Luhansk region has extended the arrest of former Party of Regions parliamentary faction head Oleksandr Yefremov until April 28. 28.02.17 12:30 4 309 20 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov

Court of Genoa remanded Markov in custody, - Ukraine’s MP Lozovyi The court in Italy has remanded former Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Deputy Ihor Markov in custody. 14.08.15 14:49 7 280 20 Incidents

Russian neo-Nazi militant Petrovsky arrested in Finland for war crimes in Ukraine On Monday, 18 December, the Helsinki District Court remanded one of the leaders of the Russian group Rusich, Vojislav Torden, better known as Jan Petrovsky, in custody for his war crimes in Ukraine. 18.12.23 15:57 6 697 20 Previously in trend: War

“LPR” terrorist apprehended in Luhansk region The law enforcement officers detained the woman in the Luhansk region who was active member of the “Luhansk People’s Republic” gang. 25.04.16 18:14 18 360 20 Incidents

Justice Ministry freezes accounts of Ukrhazbank On July 29, 2016, Ukrhazbank JSB reported in an e-mail about the freezing of its accounts by the Executive Service Department of Ukraine's Justice Ministry, based on the ruling by the Economic Court of Kyiv to recover the funds of the bank in favor of Ukrkontsept LLC. 01.08.16 13:02 44 101 20 Economics

Arrest of ex-judge Tandyr, who knocked down and killed National Guard officer, extended for another two months The Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv has extended the arrest of Oleksii Tandyr, the former head of the Makarivskyi Court of Kyiv region, who last year knocked down and killed National Guard member Vadym Bondarenko at a checkpoint near Kyiv, for two months. 10.10.24 18:48 1 252 19

Odesa Port Plant executive Shchurykov put on remand, bail making 40.5 million hryvnia Odesa Port Plant deputy CEO Shchurykov is charged with a large-scale embezzlement by prior conspiracy with a group of persons. 20.07.16 13:00 4 188 19 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

"See you at home," - Sentsov and Kolchenko wrote letter to Nadiya Savchenko. DOCUMENT Ukrainian political prisoners illegally held in Russia Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko received letters from another imprisoned Ukrainian Nadiya Savchenko and New Year greetings from President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. 13.01.16 10:33 7 555 19 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko taken to court for hearing of her case The court in Donetsk in the Rostov region of Russia begins consideration of the case on the merits of Ukrainian pilot, MP from Batkivshchyna faction Nadiya Savchenko. 22.09.15 12:20 5 113 19 Incidents

Court places in pre-trial detention Crimea’s Appeals Court ex-Head Chornobuk charged with high treason, - PGO Ex-head of the Court of Appeal of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Valerii Chornobuk, who was apprehended in Kyiv on Nov. 3 on treason charges, was placed in pre-trial custody. 05.11.18 13:36 4 522 19 Incidents

Credit Suisse froze over $19 billion of Russian assets The Swiss bank Credit Suisse has blocked Russian assets worth more than 19 billion dollars (17.6 billion Swiss francs), which is a third of all declared Russian assets in Switzerland. 12.02.23 16:31 2 959 19 Previously in trend: Sanctions against Russia

Ill-famed ex-MP Shepelev got his pre-trial detention extended, spokesperson for PGO says A court extended for another 60 days the pre-trial custody of ex-member of the Ukrainian parliament Oleksandr Shepelev charged on multiple counts including high treason. 06.08.18 15:23 5 358 19 Incidents

Supply of faulty machine guns: Former Defense Ministry official Liiev arrested without bail On January 22, the Oktiabrskyi District Court of Poltava imposed a pre-trial restraint on former official of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Liiev. He was taken into custody for 52 days. 22.01.25 21:29 5 344 18

Court allowed arrest of Yanukovych in case of shooting of demonstrators, - Prosecutor General’s Office With the participation of the prosecutors of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure in the form of detention of the former president of Ukraine. 17.01.23 15:49 1 808 18 Incidents

Senior border guard officer arrested after receiving bribe A restraint measure of a 60-day custody has been chosen for the Head of the Domestic Security Division of the State Border Service of Ukraine Mukacheve Border Guard Detachment with amount of bail making 999,000 hryvnias. 03.08.15 16:17 8 106 18 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Charged with espionage: Moscow court arrested WSJ journalist Gershkovich A Moscow court arrested American WSJ journalist Evan Hershkovich, who was detained by the Russian FSB in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage. 30.03.23 15:56 4 632 18 World

Russia still prevents Ukrainian consul from visiting journalist Sushchenko, - Foreign Ministry Ukrainian Consulate in Russia has not yet received permission to visit unlawfully detained Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko. 04.10.16 16:20 2 986 18 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

High Anti-Corruption Court’s Appeal Chamber Cancels In-Absentia Arrest Of PrivatBank Ex-Board Chairperson Dubilet The Chamber of Appeal of the High Anti-Corruption Court has abolished an in-absentia arrest of PrivatBank former board chairperson Oleksandr Dubilet. 22.07.21 13:23 2 699 18 Ukrainian Politics

Bulgaria’s Court arrested suspect in involvement in attack on Handziuk. PHOTO A court in the city of Burgas in Bulgaria arrested Oleksiy Moskalenko (Levin), who was wanted on suspicion of involvement in the attack on Kateryna Handziuk, for 40 days. 28.01.20 11:19 7 471 18 Previously in trend: Attack on Handziuk

Death near shelter: Moshkin, guard of polyclinic of Desniansky district of Kyiv, was released under night house arrest The Kyiv Court of Appeal released under night house arrest the watchman of Polyclinic No. 3, Vadym Moshkin, who is suspected of "leaving people in danger, which caused the death of people." 29.06.23 16:46 2 955 17 Society

Uzhhorod Deputy Mayor Tsap remanded in custody with possibility to post 240,000 hryvnia in bail Today, Feb. 10, the Zakarpattia region appeals court ruled to remand into custody Uzhhorod Deputy Mayor Ishtvan Tsap charged with corruption. He was also granted the right to make a bail in the amount of 240,000 hryvnia (about $8,760). 10.02.17 16:19 3 194 17 Incidents

Nasirov case: court puts tax service department head in pre-trial detention, sets 8M hryvnia in bail Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv has ruled to impose detention on remand against the State Fiscal Service repayment department head with the right to post 8 million hryvnia (over $296,000) in bail. 30.03.17 20:08 8 764 17 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Novoaidar district council ex-head arrested on suspicion of organizing fake separatist referendum On March 12, based on the materials of Ukraine's Security Service, the court arrested the former head of the Novoaidar district council, charged with organizing the fake separatist referendum in May 2014. 12.03.16 16:45 6 193 17 Ukrainian Politics

Court extends Shufrych’s arrest until November 4 The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv has extended the pre-trial restraint in the form of detention until November 4 this year for People's Deputy from the OPFL Nestor Shufrych. 06.09.24 18:13 1 474 17

Russia denies Ukrainian consul’s access to arrested journalist Sushchenko The employees of the Ukrainian consulate in Russia have not yet managed to visit journalist Roman Sushchenko held hostage by the Kremlin. 03.10.16 15:50 2 560 17 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Germany issues arrest warrants for six Ukrainians suspected of Nord Stream blasts – media German authorities have issued arrest warrants for all suspects in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. All of them are Ukrainian citizens. 27.08.25 22:36 11 916 72 Previously in trend: Blasts on Nord Stream pipelines