It has been revealed how much money from corruption cases was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
During the first half of 2026, 139.1 million hryvnias in funds and property related to criminal proceedings by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) were transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. These assets were transferred to the state as part of investigations into corruption crimes.
This amount, in particular, included assets transferred as part of plea agreements, according to Member of Parliament Olga Vasylevska-Smaglyuk.
“NABU itself does not specify which specific cases yielded this amount—139.1 million hryvnias. However, by reviewing the published decisions of the High Anti-Corruption Court and reports from anti-corruption agencies, it is possible to compile an approximate ranking of the largest ‘contributors,’” the MP explained.
The four largest cases account for nearly 91% of the total amount:
- The defendants in the Odesa Port Plant case—50 million hryvnias. These include former OPZ board member Olga Tkachenko and Pavlo Chumak, the beneficiary of the intermediary company Newscope Estates. Under the plea agreement in the Odesa Port Plant case, the defendants were required to direct 50 million hryvnias to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine through UNITED24.
- Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Knyazev — $1.1046 million, or approximately 49 million hryvnias at the exchange rate on the date of the verdict. On June 8, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) approved his plea agreement with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), one of the conditions of which was the transfer of the specified funds to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Former MP Vadym Nesterenko of the “Petro Poroshenko Bloc”—15 million hryvnias. On March 2, the High Anti-Corruption Court approved a plea agreement in the case regarding the illegal receipt of compensation for housing rent in Kyiv. Under the terms of the agreement, Nesterenko was required to reimburse the state for the losses incurred and additionally transfer 15 million hryvnias to the “Come Back Alive” fund for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Serhiy Butenko, former director of the Zhytomyr Armored Vehicle Plant — 12 million UAH. Under an agreement with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), he was required to transfer this amount to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine and separately reimburse the company 5.76 million UAH in damages.
“These amounts do not include the money that the individuals involved have agreed to pay or have already paid to compensate the state and enterprises for their losses,” noted Vasylevska-Smaglyuk.
As a reminder, NABU is investigating officials among the hidden owners of defense companies.
As of August 10, courts had handed down 55 guilty verdicts in cases investigated by NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) during the first half of the year. Among those convicted are four high-ranking government officials, 11 heads of state-owned enterprises, as well as judges and prosecutors.
The state-owned enterprise “NAEK Energoatom” does not have the status of an injured party in the “Midas” criminal case. At the same time, according to Kryvonos, as of August 10, the investigation had established that more than $100 million had been transferred through a so-called “laundromat”—a back-office operation for money laundering.
The level of corruption in Ukraine is not decreasing, and corruption among top officials, according to SAPO Head Oleksandr Klymenko, is even on the rise. He stated that the fight against bribery is hampered, in particular, by a lack of political will and a number of problems in the functioning of the anti-corruption system.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has remanded one of the suspects in the “Midas” case, Ihor Myronyuk, into custody. Bail in the amount of 85 million hryvnias was set as an alternative to pretrial detention, but it has not yet been posted.
As a reminder, NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) announced new charges against a former Energoatom official in connection with the “Midas” case. According to “Suspilne,” citing case materials, the suspect is Dmytro Basov, the company’s former executive director for physical protection and security.
