In January -May 2025, the Ukrainian Courts made 2032 decisions in cases related to corruption. This is 37% more than in the same period of 2024. This is reported by the Openatbot , noting that the tendency to increase is related to the return of mandatory declaration for civil servants.
After the recession during the Great War (2022–2023), when the state of submission was not obligatory due to the martial law, the activity of the anti -corruption system was again revived. In 2024, nearly 5,000 declarations were filed - including those that were not filed in previous years.
The most decisions are for breach of financial control
More than 73% of decisions (1487 cases) in 2025 relate to violation of financial control requirements - mostly we are talking about late submission of declarations or mistakes. This is almost five times more than last year.
Instead, other types of corruption crimes are less common:
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Only 347 decisions were made for bribery - twice less than last year;
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In the conflict of interest - only 70 sentences, which is 80% less.
The most active is punished by violators in the following regions:
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Vinnytsia region - 182 decisions;
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Odesa - 168;
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Lviv - 147;
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Dnipropetrovsk - 116;
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Kiev - 115.
Real time - an exception, not a rule
In 97% of cases, corrupt officials were fined - from 850 to 680 thousand hryvnias. Only 44 people received real detention, and this is usually true of more serious crimes.
Thus, the highest fine - 680 thousand hryvnias - the court awarded the graduate student of the Kyiv Music Academy, which helped foreigners enter the educational institution for remuneration. And the most severe punishment - 10 years in prison - received a sergeant in Sumy region, who seized and sold military equipment: thermal imager and a night vision.
Corrupt officials can be removed from the registry
Currently, persons convicted of corruption offenses are permanently traveled to the Corruption Register. Exceptions are the cancellation of a court decision, an excuse or confirmed participation in the protection of the state during the war.
However, on April 24, 2025, the European Court of Human Rights in Sytnik Against Ukraine found such a lifelong entry into the Register by a violation of the right to private life. Argument - prolonged public stigmatization harms reputation and trust in the individual.
Currently, the President of Ukraine is considering a bill that proposes to change the approach - to limit their registry to one year for those who have been brought to administrative rather than criminal liability.
