Gift from Putin's security agency found on detained former Kurchenko’s fund manager, - Main Military Prosecutor. PHOTOS A blade with engraved inscription "The Security Service of the President of the Russian Federation" was found during a search on Andrii Koshel - former CEO of SEPEK, owned by Serhii Kurchenko, who was detained while attempting to cross the border with Poland. 143 401 242 Incidents
Attempted kidnapping of Yerofeyev and Aleksandrov during transportation to court was part of plan to eliminate them, - Matios A plan to kidnap and eliminate Russian GRU fighters Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexandr Aleksandrov was elaborated during the trial over them in Kyiv. 120 564 135 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives
Suitcase with US dollars, gold and fascist crosses were found in house of Mykolaiv Regional Administration deputy during search, - Military Prosecutor Matios. PHOTOS Due to conflicting reports in Ukrainian media, Chief military prosecutor Anatolii Matios explained the situation regarding the detention of Mykola Romanchuk, first deputy head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration. 157 203 303 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
Weaponry was sold at giveaway price to intermediary firms that exported it at 10-15 times higher prices, - Rada Committee heard report by Matios On Wednesday, Main Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios reported to the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense on the inquiry in the case of the sale of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ military equipment in 1991-2014. At this point, the investigation team jointly with the Ministry of Defense has accomplished considerable work and collected from the archives all the data concerning Armed Forces’ weaponry removed from the inventory and sold abroad. 44 819 132 Ukrainian Politics
MH-17 crash expert Ruvin's shooter detained. It was a contract killing attempt, - Chief Military Prosecutor Matios On April 11, 2016, following the results of investigative and search actions, law enforcers detained a direct executor who is reasonably suspected of having committed a premeditated murder attempt on director of Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Sciences Oleksandr Ruvin. 69 767 47 Ukrainian Politics
Office of Judge Didyk, trying Russian GRU operatives’ case, set afire tonight. PHOTOS A fire broke out in the office of Judge Mykola Didyk, presiding at the trial of the case of the Russian GRU commandos Aleksandrov and Yerofeyev. According to the Main Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios, it was an arson. Unknown individuals tossed Molotov cocktails from the street into the judge's office. 65 778 132 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives
Suspects in murder of lawyer Hrabovskyi involved in another murder, main military prosecutor says The individuals suspected of the murder of Yurii Hrabovskyi (lawyer of the Russian GRU operative Alexander Aleksandrov) are involved in another murder. 46 985 31 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives
"I pledge to cease to provide legal assistance to Aleksandrov. I realized my mistake," - Military Prosecutor Matios shows footage with killed lawyer Hrabovskyi. VIDEO Before Hrabovskyi was killed, he refused to defend Russian GRU fighter Alexander Aleksandrov. 169 413 197 Ukrainian Politics
Yanukovych's cronies interested in lawyer Hrabovskyi's killing, - Matios The Kremlin propaganda machine has started to promote the subject of the murder of Russian GRU officer's lawyer Yurii Hrabovskiy in order to undermine Ukraine's image. 33 006 71 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives
Hrabovskyi’s body found 27 kilometers away from Zhashkiv in abandoned garden, - Military Prosecutor Matios The body of lawyer Yurii Hrabovskyi was found 27 kilometers away from Zhashkiv in an abandoned garden. 53 214 55 Incidents
Foreign intelligence agencies plotted attempt on Russian GRU operatives Yerofeyev and Aleksandrov in downtown Kyiv, - military prosecutor Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Main Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios stated that foreign intelligence agencies planned an attempt on captured Russian commandos Yevgeniy Yerofeyev and Alexander Aleksandrov in the center of Kyiv. 123 180 216 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives
"Never before had officers of this level accounted with their freedom for nonobservance of Armed Forces regulations," - Military Prosecutor Matios on Shyrokyi Lan situation For improper performance of official duties of supplying soldiers at the Shyrokyi Lan shooting range, the brigade's commanders and higher commanders have been held administratively responsible. 127 753 172 Previously in trend: Shyrokyi Lan riot
No reasons for proceedings against 53rd Brigade soldiers unlike their commanders, - Military Prosecutor Matios The Military Prosecutor's Office prepares arrests of the commanders of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces, as well as the Eastern Operational Command generalship for providing inadequate social and living conditions and food to the servicemen of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Shyrokyi Lan range (Mykolaiv region). 56 611 233 Incidents
About 14,900 criminal cases filed against deserters in Crimea in 2014-2015, - military prosecutor 14,894 criminal proceedings have been imitated by the prosecution authorities regarding almost 19,000 soldiers, who remained in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea during the Russian occupation of the peninsula in 2014-2015, and whose actions bore signs of draft evasion and desertion. 7 583 65 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea
Investigators established persons involved in murder of Andrii Halushchenko's flying squad near Schastia, - Main Military Prosecutor Investigators have identified the individuals involved in destruction of the combined flying squad headed by officer of the Security Service of Ukraine Andrii Halushchenko (call sign Andrew) in the Luhansk region in Sept. 2015. 66 681 97 Incidents
Ukrainian army sustained more than 1,000 non-combat casualties in ATO, - Military Prosecutor Matios The most common reasons of death include: shooting by comrades-in-arms, careless handling of weapons, etc. 29 501 182 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Ukrainian courts convicted six Russian servicemen, - Main Military Prosecutor Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine - Main Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios said that the Ukrainian courts had brought in the verdict of guilty for six Russian servicemen who took part in the hostilities in the Donbas. 10 857 31 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Ukraine’s Main Military Prosecutor reveals details of Andrii Halushchenko’s flying squad elimination Major drug smuggling channel through territory occupied by the Russian militants was discovered by investigators. Luhansk Governor Heorhii Tuka, MP Dmytro Tymchuk, and Main Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatolii Matios have almost simultaneously made a statement. 91 035 76 Previously in trend: War
SBU officer and Justice Ministry department employee arrested receiving bribe in Luhansk region. PHOTOS The Luhansk garrison military prosecutors and the Security Service of Ukraine officers have detained the head of Novoaidar SBU Directorate in the Luhansk region and acting head of the State Enforcement Service Department of the Novopskov Directorate of the Ministry of Justice receiving a bribe of 210,000 hryvnia (over $9,000). 16 125 49 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
Su-25 might collide with high-voltage power line, - Chief Military Prosecutor Matios Ukraine's Air Force Su-25 military aircraft which crashed in the morning near Zaporizhia carried out a training flight at an extremely low altitude. 54 611 265 Incidents
Chief Military Prosecutor told why special operation to detain 20 Berkut soldiers involved in Maidan massacre ended in fiasco A large-scale special operation to detain 20 officers of Berkut riot police, who had been involved in crimes during the Revolution of Dignity, was planned to be carried out in August 2014, but it was disrupted as someone has hinted or warned the suspects. 77 936 221 Oddities
Chief Military Prosecutor Matios names cause of fire at ammunition depot in Svatove The cause of the fire and explosions at the ammunition depot in the Luhansk region’s Svatove is negligence of officials. 41 639 170 Previously in trend: Explosions in Svatove
Armored glass averted three shots fired by sniper at Shokin’s office, - Chief Military Prosecutor Matios Chief Military Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Anatolii Matios said that a sniper had attempted to assassinate Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin Monday night. The official was saved by the bulletproof window. 83 553 604 Incidents
National Guard officers detained selling military property involved in drug trafficking, - Chief Military Prosecutor Prosecutor General's Office announced five officers of the National Guard of Ukraine, who were arrested for embezzlement of military property, of being involved in drug trafficking as well. 11 297 48 Incidents
Military Prosecutor Matios: Tornado Company fighter killed while resisting arrest and threatening with grenade Luhansk region police officers shot down a Tornado Company fighter who was resisting arrest. 65 989 224 Ukrainian Politics
Military Prosecutor’s Office initiated 16,000 cases against military absentees while Interior Ministry found only a thousand of them The military prosecutor's office has opened 16,000 criminal proceedings against army defectors but the police was able to find less than a thousand of them. 22 673 200 Society
Lviv Armor Vehicle Factory ex-CEO arrested on suspicion of corruption, - Chief Military Prosecutor. PHOTOS Chief Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios released information about corrupt activities of former CEO of Lviv Armor Vehicle Factory SE. 56 518 136 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
Russia's Major Starkov sentenced to 14 years in prison, - Military Prosecutor Matios Dzerzhynskyi district court of the Donetsk region has sentenced Major of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Starkov to 14 years in prison. 86 991 394 Ukrainian Politics
28th Mechanized Brigade battalion commander detained for bribe of UAH 1.1 million, - Military Prosecutor Matios Law enforcers detained the commander of a battalion of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine's Armed Forces on suspicion of receiving UAH 1.1 million (about $50,330) in bribe. 121 015 302 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
Supporter of ISIS, member of Tornado Company nicknamed Modzhakhed suspected of commission of most heinous crimes detained near Kyiv, - Chief Military Prosecutor Matios. PHOTOS Law enforcers have arrested member of the special forces Tornado Company of the Interior Ministry nicknamed Modzhakhed (Mujahideen) in a hotel complex situated at Obukhiv highway near Kyiv Wednesday night. According to Chief Military Prosecutor, Modzhakhed is the most dangerous and mean of all the suspects. 106 322 290 Incidents
Head of Odesa police directorate detained red-handed taking $20,000 bribe, - Chief Military Prosecutor Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatolii Matios announced detention of one of heads of Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Odesa for taking bribe. 42 800 219 Incidents
Full list of soldiers killed near Ilovaisk, - Military Prosecutor Office Chief Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios has published a full list of Ukrainian servicemen killed, as well as those unidentified as a result of the Ilovaisk tragedy during Aug. 12 - 29, 2014. 57 633 198 Ukrainian Politics
Weapons and equipment worth 300 million UAH lost in Ilovaisk tragedy, - Military Prosecutor Matios Anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces lost weapons and military equipment worth 298.3 million UAH ($13 million) in combat activities with mercenaries and Russian military near Ilovaisk, the Donetsk region, in August-September last year. 56 028 283 Previously in trend: Battle for Donetsk