anti-corruption center

"SBI and PGO leaked my intimate photos from my phone, which was seized during search, to Telegram channels," - Shabunin Military officer and head of the Anti-Corruption Action Centre Vitalii Shabunin stated that the State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Prosecutor General leaked his intimate photos from a phone seized during a search on social media. 17.12.25 09:36 18 035 95 Previously in trend: Searches on Shabunin Suspicion against Shabunin

Who tried to destroy NABU and SAPO: AntAC published list of prosecutors, judges and law enforcement officers. LIST On 22 July 2025, the Office of the President, with the help of members of parliament, attempted to destroy the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO). In particular, law enforcement officers, acting on orders from the Prosecutor General's Office, conducted mass searches of NABU detectives in order to create an artificial picture of alleged "ties with the Russian Federation." 16.12.25 15:54 13 853 77 Previously in trend: Abolition of NABU and SAPO independence

NABU initially planned Operation Midas to expose corruption in Ministry of Defence, - Mahamedrasulov NABU detective Ruslan Mahamedrasulov announced the goal of Operation Midas to expose corruption in the energy sector. Initially, this and other cases were planned in relation to the Ministry of Defence. 13.12.25 15:00 18 071 26 Previously in trend: Corruption in MoD Mindichgate

NABU detective Husarov, suspected of high treason, kept in custody At a hearing on 5 December, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv rejected a motion to release from pre-trial detention Viktor Husarov, a detective of NABU’s closed D-2 unit, who is suspected of high treason. 05.12.25 17:13 6 260 10 Previously in trend: Viktor Husakov’s case

Change of preventive measure for NABU detective Husarov, who is being unlawfully held in pre-trial detention facility, to be reviewed on 5 December – AntAC On 5 December, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv will consider a motion to change the preventive measure for NABU officer Viktor Husarov, who is accused of high treason and cooperation with Russia’s FSB. 04.12.25 18:48 3 648 1 Previously in trend: Viktor Husakov’s case

Case of MP Khrystenko has been referred to court. There may be preparations for new attack on NABU and SAPO, - AntAC The case of OPFL MP Fedir Khrystenko has been sent to court. 27.11.25 15:24 4 042 5 Previously in trend: Khrystenko detention

Family of Deputy Prosecutor General Vdovychenko holds Russian passports and runs business in Crimea – AntAC. VIDEO Ukraine’s Deputy Prosecutor General Mariia Vdovychenko, appointed by Ruslan Kravchenko in June 2025, has direct family ties to Russia. Her brother betrayed Ukraine, while her father runs a business in the temporarily occupied Crimea. 07.11.25 23:10 8 905 68

Verkhovna Rada voted in first reading on bill No. 14057 on right of corrupt officials to silence journalists On 5 November, the Verkhovna Rada passed the first reading of draft law No. 14057, which could create new mechanisms for censorship and complicate the work of independent media against top corrupt officials. 05.11.25 17:09 17 701 166 Previously in trend: Pressure on the media Bill No. 14057

Kaleniuk, director of Anti-Corruption Action Center, said authorities were putting pressure on her family: "We expect provocations in near future" Daria Kaleniuk, co-founder and executive director of the Anti-Corruption Action Center, reported pressure from the authorities on her family. 01.10.25 10:00 2 980 21

SSU lying about search of former NABU detective in Ukrzaliznytsia abuse case – Shabunin The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) carried out a search at the home of a former NABU detective, not as part of the case concerning abuses at Ukrzaliznytsia. 25.09.25 15:59 2 237 12 Previously in trend: Search in NABU

SSU conducted searches at home of former NABU detective who was investigating case of former OP adviser Shylo, - AntAC The Security Service of Ukraine searched the house of Taras Likunov, the brother of AntAC board member Shcherban, who was in charge of the case of former OP advisor Artem Shylo. 25.09.25 14:38 18 917 23 Previously in trend: Search in NABU

Umerov’s family lives in luxury real estate in US: 7 of 8 properties undeclared – AntAC. PHOTOS The family of Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and former Minister of Defence, owns eight luxury properties in the United States. These are three apartments in Florida, one in New York and four villas near Miami, 18.09.25 16:18 21 033 156 Previously in trend: Umerov income declaration Umerov family luxury real estate in the USA

MP Kuznietsov, suspected of corruption, remains in Servant of People faction and keeps attending Rada – Anti-Corruption Action Center MP Oleksii Kuznietsov, suspected of corruption in drone procurement, remains in the Servant of the People faction. 17.09.25 17:27 1 305 14 Previously in trend: Drone procurement corruption

HCJ overturns decision to dismiss Judge Litvinova, who was found to hold Russian citizenship – Anti-Corruption Action Center The High Council of Justice has overturned its decision to dismiss Arina Litvinova, a judge of the dissolved Kyiv District Administrative Court (KDAC), who had earlier been reported by journalists to hold Russian citizenship. 17.09.25 17:18 3 877 44 Previously in trend: Russian citizenship of Judge Litvinova

Presidential Office and SSU preparing new attacks against NABU to protect corrupt officials - AntAC A new wave of attacks is being prepared against the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. 10.09.25 13:06 6 002 36 Previously in trend: Pressure on NABU

Companies linked to Umerov joined joint investment project with Russians in Uzbekistan in 2018 – AntAC Structures linked to former Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and his associate Lenur Mambetov entered a joint investment project in Uzbekistan with a Russian investor in 2018, after Russia’s occupation of Crimea. 29.08.25 17:49 10 681 75 Previously in trend: Business of Umerov’s companies linked to Russia

Bezuhla, Arakhamiia and others: Anti-Corruption Action Center publishes list of MPs who voted to restrict access to property registers The Anti-Corruption Action Center has published a list of MPs who voted to restrict access to property registers in order to conceal their corrupt assets. 21.08.25 21:58 13 065 61 Previously in trend: Voting on law on closure of information on real estate objects

SSU’s gang-style attack on NABU detective: new details During a search, Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) officers struck an NABU detective and demanded his mobile phone. 06.08.25 15:12 33 002 147 Previously in trend: Search in NABU

AntAC calls on Ukrainians to peaceful protest: Only together can we stop dismantling of anti-corruption infrastructure On the evening of July 30, peaceful protests will take place in the main squares of cities across Ukraine against draft law No. 12414. 29.07.25 18:47 4 954 66 Previously in trend: Abolition of NABU and SAPO independence

Zelenskyy blocked Ukraine’s receipt of €1.5 billion in aid by failing to sign ARMA law - Anti-Corruption Action Center Ukraine did not receive €1.5 billion on time because President Zelenskyy failed to sign the law on ARMA. 28.07.25 16:53 13 695 131 Previously in trend: reform of ARMA

"12414 f*ck off": Ukrainian defenders on front line on scandalous law against NABU and SAPO. PHOTO Ukrainian defenders on the front line reacted to the signed scandalous draft law No. 12414 on the elimination of the powers of the NABU and the SAPO. 23.07.25 14:59 6 775 27 Previously in trend: Abolition of NABU and SAPO independence

SSU distorted transcript of NABU detective’s audio recording - conversation was about Uzbekistan, but published "Dagestan" in Russia The day before, the Security Service of Ukraine published a transcript of an audio recording of one of the NABU's chief detectives, Ruslan Magamedrasulov, in which it exposed him as doing business with the Republic of Dagestan (RF). In fact, it was Uzbekistan. 22.07.25 18:33 43 826 45 Previously in trend: Search in NABU Pressure on NABU

Friends of provocateur Filimonenko, who discredits Ukraine from abroad, show up at Shabunin’s court hearing – AntAC. PHOTO Friends of provocateur and blogger Vsevolod Filimonenko attended the preventive measure hearing for Anti-Corruption Action Centre (AntAC). head Vitalii Shabunin at the Pecherskyi District Court in Kyiv on July 15. 15.07.25 20:11 6 535 37 Previously in trend: The case concerning Shabunin’s official trip Suspicion against Shabunin

Court chose preventive measure for Shabunin in form of personal recognizance until 20 August On 15 July, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv imposed a preventive measure on the head of the Anti-Corruption Action Centre, Vitalii Shabunin, in the form of a personal recognizance until 20 August. 15.07.25 19:56 4 838 41 Previously in trend: Suspicion against Shabunin

Investigation has not yet submitted motion for Shabunin’s preventive measures – AntAC Vitalii Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), has been served with multiple summonses for interrogations at the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), which he is obliged to attend. However, the investigation has not yet filed a motion to impose preventive measures. 14.07.25 17:46 844 8 Previously in trend: The case concerning Shabunin’s official trip Searches on Shabunin Suspicion against Shabunin

Searches at Shabunin’s place were conducted without court order. This is flagrant violation, - Shcherban The searches of the head of the Anti-Corruption Action Centre Vitalii Shabunin took place without a court order. 14.07.25 08:41 5 762 80 Previously in trend: Searches on Shabunin Suspicion against Shabunin

"Zelenskyy is building corrupt authoritarianism during martial law" - AntAC on Shabunin’s suspicion The suspicion of the AntAC head Vitalii Shabunin is an exemplary punishment to demonstrate that the authorities can do anything to anyone in the country. 12.07.25 12:55 3 330 32 Previously in trend: Suspicion against Shabunin

"Shabunin under suspicion - pressure and political persecution for criticising authorities": Holos, EU, Transparency International and media representatives speak out in defence of head of Anti-Corruption Action Centre The day before, the SBI served a notice of suspicion to Vitalii Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Centre. Representatives of political forces, journalists and NGOs defended him, noting that the suspicion was an attempt to exert political pressure on the activist. 12.07.25 11:31 5 459 130

"Not even Yanukovych’s team was so vindictive" - Shabunin transferred to another brigade over critical posts The head of the AntAC, Vitalii Shabunin, said that after the scandal, which led the AntAC to stop the draft law on amnesty for corruption in the defence sector, he was transferred to another brigade on the combat line. 10.07.25 09:48 32 742 304

Russia is already launching 500 drones per night. Ministry of Defence has failed to develop anti-drone protection - Kaleniuk, executive director of AntAC. VIDEO While Russia is scaling up the production of attack drones and using new tactics to launch them, which makes the process of shooting them down much more difficult, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine is slowing down in making a decision to counter Russian drones. 05.07.25 12:46 20 942 179 Previously in trend: Ukrainian Air defence

"Servants of People" registered draft law prohibiting NACP from checking property of officials acquired either after their dismissal or before their appointment - Shabunin MPs from the "Servant of the People" faction have registered draft law No. 13271-1, which would allow officials to avoid punishment for corruption after they are dismissed. They plan to vote for it next week. 30.05.25 12:38 15 844 119 Previously in trend: Draft law on legalisation of corrupt property

Deputy Prosecutor Maksymenko, suspected of bribery, joins AFU – ACAC Nataliia Maksymenko, Deputy Prosecutor of Zaporizhzhia Region, who is under investigation by NABU and SAPO for soliciting and accepting a $40,000 bribe, has joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 27.05.25 20:57 6 055 62 Previously in trend: Corruption in the Prosecutor’s Office

NGOs called on Eurojust not to meet with Tatarov: he has become antithesis of integrity - Anti-Corruption Action Centre The NGOs sent an open letter to Eurojust calling for a meeting with the deputy head of the OP Oleh Tatarov to be cancelled. 14.05.25 08:56 10 799 57

MPs want to close information on real estate that helps to record corruption - AntAC Tomorrow, the parliament will vote on draft law No. 11533, which proposes to restrict access to data on the exact location of real estate and cadastral numbers of land plots during martial law and for a year afterwards. 27.03.25 08:33 8 857 64 Previously in trend: Voting on law on closure of information on real estate objects

Director of "Spetstechnoexport" Petrov is still in office, and his family owns luxury hotel in Bukovel - AntAC The family of Oleksii Petrov, director of SE "Spetstechnoexport", owns an elite hotel in Bukovel. 14.03.25 14:27 3 811 11

AntAC: NABU registers proceedings against Umierov on grounds of abuse of power The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has registered proceedings based on a complaint filed by the Anti-Corruption Action Center that Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umierov committed a crime. 27.01.25 21:34 34 596 36

OP is again promoting bill on fake repeal of Lozovyi’s amendments - AntAC The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a new bill to repeal the Lozovyi amendments, which does not completely repeal these amendments. 13.01.25 11:06 3 885 7

Defense Ministry destroyed main anti-corruption reform in defense procurement and brought UAH 550 billion under its manual control - AntAC At the end of December 2024, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov made illegal amendments to the charters of the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) and the State Logistics Operator (DOT), which took control of UAH 550 billion. These changes undermined the defence procurement reform that took place after the dismissal of his predecessor, Oleksii Reznikov. 07.01.25 18:21 12 092 75

Washington Post on supply of defective mines to Ukrainian Armed Forces: This could destroy partners’ trust in Kyiv Ukrainian anti-corruption activists are calling for a criminal investigation to be launched against senior officials of Ukraine's defence ministry on charges of high treason over the failure to fire or malfunction tens of thousands of Ukrainian-made mortar shells that are crucial to defending the country against Russian troops. 24.12.24 09:50 17 234 75

AntAC: Company from Kolomoisky’s sphere of influence seeks to write off UAH 2.62 billion of debt to Ukrenergo through courts A company from the orbit of oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi is seeking to write off UAH 2.62 billion of debt to state-owned Ukrenergo through the courts. 09.12.24 21:32 1 952 20 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Former head of Khmelnytskyi regional prosecutor’s office Oliinyk continues to work as prosecutor after disability scandal - AntAC The former head of the Khmelnytskyi Prosecutor's Office, Oleksii Oliinyk, who resigned amid the disability scandal, continues to work as a prosecutor, having been appointed to the position of a prosecutor in the regional prosecutor's office. 27.11.24 16:46 11 324 47

Disciplinary Chamber filed for dismissal of Vovk, head of DACK. PHOTO The Third Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice has submitted a motion to dismiss judge and former head of the Kyiv District Administrative Court Pavlo Vovk. Now. 14.11.24 11:35 6 791 50

Judge of Pecherskyi Court Vovk granted Uhlava’s claim to Civil Procedure Code: case was considered without single hearing. The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv has decided to satisfy the claim of the expert deputy of the NABU, Hizo Uhlava, against the Anti-Corruption Action Center. 04.11.24 16:17 4 645 20

HACCU considers case of "servant of people" Marchenko, prices for draft dodgers amounted to USD 6-6.5 thousand - AntAC The High Anti-Corruption Court is hearing the case of People`s Deputy from the Servant of the People party Liudmyla Marchenko, who threw money over the fence when NABU detectives came to her house. 15.10.24 19:17 3 559 10 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Head of ACU Kyrylenko explained that his family earned $300,000 selling raspberries - Anti-Corruption Center The family of Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, who is suspected of illegal enrichment, earned $300,000 from selling raspberries. 29.08.24 10:39 24 608 130

Supreme Court has made decision that actually allows almost 180 dishonest judges to remain in their positions - AntAC On 13 June, the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court issued a decision that could have a significant impact on the implementation of judicial reform and the lustration of courts. In this case, a judge challenged the procedure of qualification assessment of judges. 11.07.24 15:25 4 451 31

HACCU cancells arrest of Firtash’s gas distribution network operators (updated) On 25 June, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court canceled the arrest of shares in Firtash's gas distribution network operators. 28.06.24 15:11 19 0

Tatarov and Co. to try to imprison me - Shabunin Vitalii Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Centre and a soldier, commented on media reports that he was being served with a notice of suspicion for failing to report for military service and using a volunteer car. 19.06.24 20:21 16 207 113