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NABU and SAPO search courts in case of ex-Party of Regions lawmaker

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies conducted searches at courts and among officials of the Prosecutor General’s Office in a case involving former Party of Regions lawmaker Yuriy Ivanyushchenko, Ukrainska Pravda reported citing sources on March 20.

20 March, 04:53 PM

Swedish courts reject Kolomoisky’s $6 billion claim against Ukraine

Sweden’s Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by three Cyprus-registered companies tied to Ukrainian oligarchs Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov, effectively ending their bid for more than $6 billion in compensation from Ukraine.

7 January, 09:38 PM

Chernihiv court caught on sloppy AI use

The Novozavodskyi District Court in Chernihiv almost certainly used an artificial intelligence product to edit one of its rulings, Ukrainian NGO Human Rights Platform (HRP) reported on Dec. 4.

5 December 2025, 12:17 AM

Court rules against foreign travel ban on Ukrainian MPs

In a case against the government brought by former Ukrainian president and opposition leader Petro Poroshenko, the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal ruled that a 2023 ban on foreign travel of MPs without government approval is illegal, Poroshenko’s European Solidarity party announced on Nov. 4.

5 November 2025, 02:29 AM

Prison time for Dutch man who leaked semiconductor designs to Russia

The Rotterdam District Court sentenced a 43-year-old Dutch citizen to three years in prison on charges of sharing sensitive high-tech data with an individual from Russia in violation of EU sanctions, according to a message on the court’s website on July 10.

10 July 2025, 10:48 PM

Polish border blockade protest ends

Polish protesters who had been blocking freight traffic at the Yahodyn–Dorohusk border crossing ended their action in the evening of May 13, according to Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service.

14 May 2025, 02:07 AM

Russia imprisons several Ukrainians abducted from occupied Melitopol

A court in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don sentenced five residents of occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, to lengthy prison terms on charges of establishing a “terrorist underground,” independent Russian media outlet Meduza reported on April 29.

30 April 2025, 02:03 AM

US judge orders Voice of America funding to be restored

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered Donald Trump’s administration to reinstate operations at Voice of America (VOA) and several affiliated media outlets, in a ruling published on April 22.

23 April 2025, 01:01 AM

Russia jails teenager for expressing solidarity with Ukraine

A Russian court sentenced Darya Kozyreva, a 19-year-old activist who used poetry and graffiti to protest the war in Ukraine, to two years and eight months in prison, Reuters reported on April 18.

18 April 2025, 11:45 PM

Charity founder convicted for misusing Ukrainian refugee aid funding in Czechia

A Prague court has sentenced Volodymyr Herhel, founder of the charity Help Ukraine, to 5.5 years in prison for misusing state subsidies meant to help integrate Ukrainian refugees, RFE/RL reported on April 14.

15 April 2025, 02:08 AM

Court orders USAID funding to be restored

A district court in Washington has ordered the White House to overturn an executive order that froze U.S. foreign aid programs for 90 days and to reinstate their funding, AP reported on Feb. 14.

14 February 2025, 07:55 PM

Ukraine freezes $50 million of Deripaska’s assets

Ukrainian courts have ordered a freeze on UAH2.11 billion ($50.3 million) worth of industrial goods and raw materials owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Ukraine’s SBU security service reported on Jan. 29.

29 January 2025, 09:32 PM

Kyiv courts issue first prison sentences to draft dodgers

Kyiv courts have sentenced seven men for evading military service during general mobilization, Kyiv police announced on Oct. 25.

26 October 2024, 01:28 AM

Another pro-Russian party banned in Ukraine

Overtly pro-Russian political party, the Slavic Party, has been banned in Ukraine through a court ruling, the Justice Ministry announced on Oct. 24.

24 October 2024, 09:20 PM

Kyiv court orders investigation into Gen. Sodol

The Kyiv Court of Appeals has ordered the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) to open a case against Lt. Gen. Yurii Sodol, the former Joint Forces Commander, based on a complaint filed by Bohdan Krotevych, Chief of Staff of the National Guard’s Azov Brigade.

30 September 2024, 09:19 PM

Court orders arrest for MP Dmytruk in absentia

The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has ordered detention for fugitive Ukrainian MP Artem Dmytruk in absentia, public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Aug. 29. The measure will be enforced when Dmytruk is returned to Ukraine.

30 August 2024, 02:05 AM

Senior ROC priest hospitalized after court hearing

Metropolitan Pavel, a former Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) head of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, is being treated at a Kyiv hospital after his condition deteriorated during a court hearing on Aug. 21, according to Pavel’s lawyer, Mykyta Chekman.

22 August 2024, 11:55 PM

Suspicion served to owner of demolished historical Zelenskyy mansion

Law enforcement served a notice of suspicion to the owner of the building who instructed the illegal demolition of the historic late 19th-century Zelenskyy mansion in Kyiv, Kyiv Police reported on Telegram on July 23.

23 July 2024, 10:25 AM

Firtash to sue Ukraine in international courts

Group DF, an industrial conglomerate owned by fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, will sue Ukraine in an international court over sanctions imposed on Firtash, the company announced on June 26.

26 June 2024, 08:35 PM

European Court rules Russia guilty of systematic human rights abuses in Crimea

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has delivered a verdict in the case of Ukraine vs. Russia over Crimea, recognizing systematic human rights violations on the occupied peninsula, Commissioner for ECHR Margarita Sokorenko reported on Facebook on June 25.

25 June 2024, 03:31 PM

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