Ukraine indicts officials involved in $36 million mortar rounds procurement fraud scheme
Ukrainian artillery units lost access to 100,000 mortar rounds through systematic theft by the very officials meant to arm them.
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Estonian NGO praised for Ukraine aid now accused of €450,000 fraud
Prosecutors say its founder greenlit fake logistics and unjustified payments to a Ukrainian company.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption strike: National Guard officers and a Servant of the People MP caught taking bribes for drones
Anti-graft agencies briefed the president on a scheme that threatens both trust and battlefield supply.
RFE/RL reveals Ukraine’s top customs official lives in luxury: Mansions, cars, and lavish foreign schooling
The investigation exposes foreign villas, a million-dollar house near Kyiv and elite education that official income cannot explain.
19 Ukrainian protest signs that are pure art (and also completely unhinged)
Ukraine's "cardboard revolution" proved teenagers can save democracy with markers, literary references, and perfectly placed f-bombs.
They came. They cussed. They won.
Cardboard signs, three days, one very surprised president.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies suddenly close four long-stalled cases in one week following prosecutor general’s takeover
Following President Zelenskyy’s signature on the law, the anti-corruption agency finalizes the massive $225 million PrivatBank embezzlement case.
EU had a secret plan to bypass Orbán. Zelenskyy blew it up instead.
Brussels had quietly crafted an extraordinary workaround to Hungary's obstruction before Ukraine imploded its own chances.
Editorial: Zelenskyy opens a second front—against his own people
Not at the border, but in parliament — where a decade of reforms just collapsed in 72 hours.
Zelenskyy’s scandalous law weakening anti-graft watchdogs takes effect (updated)
The President offered only vague claims of “Russian influence” to justify stripping institutional independence.
“I defended Zelenskyy against Trump’s dictatorship accusations. Now I can’t,” says Ukraine’s top corruption fighter
Zelenskyy must reverse course on the legislation targeting corruption prosecutors, or risk proving Putin right about Ukrainian democracy, warns the architect of the system being destroyed.
Security service officials took $300,000 bribes as Ukraine guts corruption oversight
The agency that conducted over 70 raids against anti-corruption investigators was itself harboring officials who helped draft dodgers avoid military service for cash.
Eight detained in Slovakia over suspected € 7.4 mn military aid fraud to Ukraine
European prosecutors suspect rigged tenders and overpriced ammunition. Four defense ministry employees are among those in custody.
Despite war, Ukraine makes notable strides in fighting corruption – OECD chief says
Ukraine has achieved 73% of OECD average integrity standards despite facing an aggressive war, the organization's Secretary General announced in Kyiv on 5 May.
Ukraine dismisses controversial judge Pavlo Vovk
Ukraine's High Council of Justice dismisses Pavlo Vovk, former head of the Kyiv District Administrative Court, who faced corruption allegations.
Reuters: US funding freeze threatens probes into Russia’s war crimes
The Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze has stalled $89 million in US-backed Ukrainian projects, affecting war crimes probes, anti-corruption efforts, and prosecution reforms.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister faces backlash over procurement leader firing
Umierov removed procurement chief Bezrukova over delivery issues, sparking concerns about weapon supplies amid Russia's battlefield advances.
SBU detaines top military mental health official for illicit enrichment in Ukraine
Ukraine's security service detained a top military mental health official who allegedly amassed over $1 million in undeclared assets during wartime.
US Treasury sanctions Hungarian official, straining NATO alliance
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's closest aide and cabinet chief Antal Rogan has been hit with US Treasury sanctions for corruption.
UK intel: Russia attempts to manage defense corruption while keeping up military operations in Ukraine
Russian authorities are aggressively pursuing corruption charges against defense officials while deliberately stopping short of a complete crackdown.