investigation

The bill to eliminate the independence of anti-corruption agencies was drafted and passed within five hours. Meanwhile, defense companies have been waiting for major legislative changes to stimulate Ukrainian arms production for twelve years. Mezha media investigates. Attempts to address regulatory issues in weapons manufacturing have mostly been limited to targeted amendments to legislation and “experimental” government resolutions. Many of […]

40 Billion on Fortifications: where the money from defense projects went and what “Kvartal 95” has to do with It. Materials were purchased through shell companies with huge markups. In 2024, the Ukrainian government allocated over 40 billion UAH (about $1 million) for the construction of fortifications. However, part of this funding never reached actual defense strengthening efforts and was […]

While Ukraine’s defenders hold the front lines under relentless Russian attacks, and civilians are bombed far from the battlefield – the war against corruption back home has taken a dark turn. Instead of reinforcing those who investigate and prosecute corruption, President Zelenskyy allowed legislation to pass that undermines the independence of NABU and SAPO – the very institutions tasked with […]

NABU and SAPO have disclosed the case materials involving Ihor Kolomoyskyi, the former ultimate beneficial owner of PJSC CB “PrivatBank,” along with five members of an organized group suspected of embezzling over UAH 9.2 billion from the bank. The investigation established that between January and March 2015, the bank’s ultimate beneficial owner – who at the time also served as […]

The large-scale attack by nearly all of the country’s law enforcement agencies against NABU can be divided into two distinct parts: a genuine attempt to remove questionable figures from the Bureau, and a broader effort to use this as a pretext for a major discrediting campaign against the entire anti-corruption bloc. Roman Romaniuk and Angelina Strashkulych investigate for Ukrainska Pravda. […]

Mass raids by security forces targeting NABU and SAP: a coordinated attempt to undermine independent institutions. Anti-Corruption Action center warns. The mass investigative actions by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI), and the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) against the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) appear to be a continuation of pressure and an […]

Pirates of the Azov Sea: How the Russians Steal Ukrainian Grain with the Assistance of the Danish Company Baltic Control. Assisted in conducting an investigation into the theft of 420.6 thousand tonnes of grain from occupied Berdiansk. The authors identified 20 vessels that carried out 85 voyages during the 2024–2025 period. KibOrg News investigates. Over the past year and a […]

During the massive overnight attack on Ukraine on July 12, Russian occupation forces (ROF) used Shahed-136 drones equipped with SIM cards. Of course, some may recall the story from December 2023, when a Shahed-136 was found to contain a SIM card, clearly obtained from the temporarily occupied territories and using Ukrainian networks for more stable operation. Back then, even the […]

As reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center, 126 Members of Parliament (123 of whom are from the Zelenskyy’s fraction) have registered draft law No. 13423, which effectively proposes to introduce an amnesty for arms-procurement crimes committed during the execution of defense contracts. The MPs propose to eliminate criminal liability for all types of crimes if: (1) the crime is committed […]

We buy only from ‘our own’: how Umerov created a “closed club” of those he purchases weapons from. Ukrainian weapons manufacturers continue to demand that the state allow them to export despite the war. After all, the government does not purchase all the weapons they are capable of producing. Anti-Corruption Action Center investigates. In October 2024, President Zelenskyy promised to […]

In his six years of presidency, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken across Europe wherever he could – but until yesterday, he had avoided the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Volodymyr Ariev has a theory as to why: because it was during the June 2019 session that he significantly played into Russia’s hands. At that time, the issue at […]

I’ve always – or almost always – shed light on everything related to the State Joint-Stock Company ‘Construction Company ‘Ukrbud’‘. Here’s the deal: the Kyiv business community is still reeling from the news of the purchase of the state-owned company UkrBud for 805 million and 1 hryvnia. How much is that in dollars, by the way? 19 million US Dollars […]