Veteran reveals how Anti-Corruption Action Center head Shabunin stole 188 million UAH in international technical assistance during his "service" while his comrades were dying
Kyiv • UNN
Veteran Boiko claims Shabunin's service was fictitious and involved payments of 900,000 UAH. The AntAC is also accused of schemes involving millions in grant funds.
The head of the Anticorruption Action Centre (AntAC), Vitaliy Shabunin, and his colleague, activist Sherembey, "served" at home and "earned" money from grants during active hostilities when their 207th battalion suffered heavy losses. The phenomenon of fictitious service has already been dubbed "shabuning." This was stated by veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war Volodymyr Boiko in an interview.
In particular, the veteran shared details of the fictitious service of Shabunin and Sherembey.
"Shabunin and Sherembey enlisted fictitiously. They bought themselves certificates of direct participation in combat operations. What a spit in the face, a mockery of the remnants of morality. So many people have died, while these creatures live at home, do business, record videos every day about some kind of fight against corruption, and get paid for it,"
According to the veteran, this phenomenon has been called "shabuning": when one arranges mobilization to a specific position through money or connections. In total, according to Boiko, Shabunin's "anti-corruption" structure has utilized 188 million UAH during the years of the full-scale war.
"Shabunin and Kaleniuk earned 51.5 million UAH in 2025 from the embezzlement of grants. 2024 – 58.5 million UAH. 2023 – 37 million UAH. 2022 – 41 million UAH. That is, all this technical assistance coming to Ukraine settles in their pockets,"
As previously reported, the head of the Anticorruption Action Centre, Vitaliy Shabunin, was discharged from the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the reason for the discharge was deteriorating vision. The speed of Shabunin's "write-off" from the army and the diagnosis on which it was based caused a wave of ironic posts on social media from military personnel.
According to the veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war Volodymyr Boiko, the head of the Anticorruption Action Centre Vitaliy Shabunin did not perform any military service duties, which did not prevent him from receiving money from the AFU every month. According to his data, during his fictitious service in the 207th separate Territorial Defense battalion alone, Shabunin received over 900,000 UAH in salary, additional remuneration for performing combat/special tasks, and even "combat pay." Materials regarding the evasion of military service by Sherembey, a board member of the Anticorruption Action Centre who was fictitiously listed in the 207th separate Territorial Defense battalion along with Shabunin, have been added to the criminal proceedings against Shabunin.
The Anticorruption Action Centre was caught in large-scale machinations with grant funds. This was stated by the public initiative Grant Watch Ukraine "Stop-Parasite," which published the relevant documents. In total, the NGO "Anticorruption Action Centre" has received over $8 million in donor funds since 2013.