Lilia Podolyak

Scandals involving information leaks and questionable cases at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) jeopardize the objectivity and reputation of this body, raising doubts about the integrity of its high-profile investigations against officials.

Groza and Naumenko illegally sold part of the Olimpex grain terminal in the Odessa region to themselves with the help of banks Vostok and Yuzhny and a deputy from the servant of the People Party.

The difference between hot and cold cryptocurrency wallets is explained, the compromise between convenience and security is emphasized, and examples of each type are given.

In one of the locations of Kholodny Yar, which is located in the Cherkasy region, a field of peonies is blooming. Now there are about 2,500 thousand bushes of the plant growing here. It is planned to expand it next year. Peonies began to be planted 6 years ago, when the Krutoy zamis festival was organized here for the first time with the support of the MHP-Hromada Charity Foundation.

A strong state, a powerful army and the economic success of Ukrainians are key components of preserving national identity, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba believes.

According to the UKAB, approximately 5 million tons of grain per year are exported from Ukraine through "gray" exports.

The actions of the company "Olsides Black Sea" could cause huge damage to the state due to the complication of the work of the "grain corridor".

The state-owned home front operator saved almost UAH 10. 5 million of budget funds during tenders and contracts for the purchase of various goods in 2024.

In the Kiev region, the construction of fortifications is actively underway at an accelerated pace, and over the past three months, contractors have built more fortifications than the military built in the previous two years.

The territorial Department of BEB in the Odessa region is investigating criminal proceedings on the fact of tax evasion on a particularly large scale by four companies that are part of the GNT Group, businessmen Sergey Groza and Vladimir Naumenko.

The Kiev regional military administration decided to partially disclose information about the construction of fortifications in the region to members of the public, while observing security requirements. Members of the transparency and accountability working group visited some areas of the fortifications and were able to assess the scope of work.

Acting Deputy Chairman of the state tax service of Ukraine Yevhen Sokur ignored the meeting of the Solomiansky District Court of Kiev, which is considering the case of an alleged attempt on the taxman's life. During the hearing, his representative handed over to the court a document stating that Sokur was allegedly on a business trip to Vienna.

Scandals in NABU and SAPO undermine the reputation of their external managers and point to corruption, MP Oleksiy Kucherenko believes.

Ukrainians categorically oppose the idea proposed by people's deputy Daniil Hetmantsev to distribute a reservation from mobilization using a lottery, considering it unfair and opaque.

Detectives from the Bureau of Economic Security are conducting searches at the Atoll Granum company, controlled by Odessa businessmen Sergei Groza and Vladimir Naumenko, suspected of "gray" grain exports from the Olympex terminal without paying taxes.

Odesa Port Plant is still waiting for documents from Alseeds.

If the issue of "gray" grain exports were solved, the authorities would not have to raise taxes for businesses and increase electricity prices for households.

“Alseeds Black Sea, a company with a complex ownership structure, is illegally trying to use the road and berth of the strategic Odesa Port Plant.

MP Mariana Bezuhla promotes Lieutenant General Yevhen Moysiuk as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, having repeatedly criticized and tried to replace the current military leadership.

The "Do Your Own" business idea competition identified 80 winning projects out of 616 applications from 15 regions of Ukraine, including veterans, IDPs and displaced entrepreneurs.

Defense lawyers ask to exclude Eurosolidarity MPs from the commission on fortifications.

Businessmen Sergei Groza and Vladimir Naumenko forced the ex-director of the Olimpex grain terminal to cooperate with sanctioned smuggler Vadim Alperin.

Former Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky is accused by NABU detectives and SAPO prosecutors of land grabbing, but they do not specify which land.

Military expert Oleg Zhdanov called Danylo Hetmantsev's idea to hold lotteries for mobilization reservations “crazy”, saying that it discredits and demotivates the mobilization process, rather than popularizes it.

Instead of obtaining permits, the commercial entity Allseeds Black Sea began to use the road, which is on the balance sheet of the strategic facility Odesa Port Plant, without authorization.

The Olimpex grain terminal is the largest gateway for gray grain exports from Ukraine. Exporters use schemes involving fictitious companies and cash payments to avoid taxes and currency controls.

For the first time, Iran has supplied Russia with modern Qaem-5 guided bombs, which were probably on board the Iranian Mohajer-6 drone that crashed in the Kursk region of Russia while trying to attack the Sumy region of Ukraine, indicating a new level of military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.

At night, a unit of the East Air Defense Company shot down an enemy drone over Dnipro.

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 503,800 personnel and 7,692 tanks.

Three people were killed and six injured, including three minors, as a result of Russian rocket fire on civilian targets in Snihurivka, Mykolaiv region.