The SAPO charges the former management of PJSC Ukrnafta and the directors of a number of companies with the embezzlement of more than UAH 13 billion from the oil and gas extraction company. The case consists of two episodes, both of which took place in 2015.

The events of the first episode of the case are covered in a separate material. The second episode concerns the events of July 2015, when Ukrnafta officials entered into 70 contracts with Kotlas LLC for the supply of petroleum products worth more than UAH 3 billion. Delivery deadlines were extended by supplementary agreements through the end of 2018. However, despite full payment having been made, the products were never delivered, and the funds were transferred abroad to accounts of offshore companies. Across both episodes, the total amount of funds and other property misappropriated by the defendants exceeds UAH 13 billion.

This episode involves 7 defendants:

• Oleksii Kushch — former Chairman of Ukrnafta's Management Board
• Natalia Kernytska — former Deputy Head of one of Ukrnafta's departments
• Liudmyla Kyianytsia — former Head of one of Ukrnafta's divisions
• Oleksandra Volovodenko — former Director of Techtrade Group LLC
• Bohdan Zhuk — former Director of Prykarpattia-Naftotrade LLC
• Petro Zvieriev — former Director of Halnafta LLC
• Oleksandr Shal — former Director of Kotlas LLC

The actions of the defendants are charged under Article 191(5) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

In-absentia pre-trial investigations were conducted with respect to Volovodenko, Zhuk, Shal, and Zvieriev, as they were declared wanted in 2022 and remain at large to this day. Proceedings against Kushch were closed in March 2026 following his death.

More than UAH 5 billion that was reimbursed to Ukrnafta was applied toward repayment of the debt arising from the unlawful actions of a number of individuals.

The proceedings referred to the HACC were severed from the main case one month before the completion of the investigation. Notably, the period between the conclusion of the investigation and the referral of the case to HACC spanned more than one and a half years.