On June 9, 2026, the HACC began the examination of MP Liudmyla Marchenko in the civil forfeiture case seeking recovery of unjustified assets — including a car, five apartments, and property rights to a further unit — with the total claim exceeding UAH 8 million.

Marchenko gave a free narrative statement and called the claim unfounded. She said she is thoroughly familiar with all case materials and in active communication with her lawyers on the proceedings.

The MP gave a detailed account of how her father's and uncle's family business was built. According to her, Andrii Tsipoviaz — her father's brother — ran an active business from the 1990s until his death in the 2010s, including food trading, compound feed production, lace fabric sales, and other activities. Marchenko also claimed that from the age of 13 she herself worked actively in the family business, and that the family's first savings were earned through that hard work, with no corruption involved.

Responding to her lawyers' questions about her father's purchase of apartments in Chortkiv and Ternopil, she confirmed the purchases. She explained that the family had dreamed of living together in Ternopil, having been spread across different cities for a long time. She went to study in Ternopil, her brother was posted there on service, and her parents then considered relocating too. Her parents first stayed with her briefly in 2008, after the birth of her son Ivan. That same year she entered into a shared construction agreement for the couple's first joint apartment. Her parents lived with her there, helping with the child, as she was constantly traveling for work and her husband headed a large enterprise.

Marchenko firmly stated that there was no criminal intent behind the Ternopil apartments — at some point her mother simply told her father she wanted to settle there to be close to her daughter's family.

The court will continue the examination at subsequent hearings, where questions will be put by the defense lawyers and the prosecutor.