Ukrainian prosecutors

A city council official in Dnipro and three other individuals are suspected of embezzling public funds intended for the restoration of homes damaged by Russian attacks, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Dec. 23.

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has explained why it has stopped releasing new audio recordings in the high-profile Midas corruption case,saying investigators are currently collecting and analyzing evidence against other members of the alleged criminal network. The explanation was given by Oleksandr Abakumov, head of NABU’s detective unit, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, published Dec. 17.

Ukrainian law enforcement registered more than 19,000 criminal cases for draft evasion between January 2022 and September 2025, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Nov. 5, citing data from the Office of the Prosecutor General.