On May 4, 2026, the HACC considered the prosecution's motion to modify the interim measures applied to defendants Viacheslav Dziubin, Ihor Palenyk, Viktor Hlynianyi, and Yurii Slyva — four Kyiv Court of Appeal judges charged with accepting bribes to lift seizures on aircraft. All four had been remanded in custody with a bail alternative in December 2023.

At this hearing, the prosecution sought to impose additional obligations on all four defendants, arguing that despite the lengthy proceedings the risks have not diminished. The case remains at the witness examination stage, with most witnesses being employees of the Kyiv Court of Appeal — and the prosecution believes the defendants may attempt to pressure them. The prosecutor also argued that the defendants' significant financial resources create a risk of flight abroad.

The prosecution asked the court to impose the following obligations for two months:

• a ban on communicating with witnesses,

• and the surrender of international passports and other travel documents.

The defense called the motion groundless, arguing that the prosecutor had provided no new evidence of existing risks. Palenyk separately moved to return the motion to the prosecutor on the grounds of alleged formal deficiencies. 

The court also considered a separate motion by Palenyk to be remanded in custody — he is currently on bail of UAH 4 million. Part of his bail had been posted by his then-defense counsel, and he wished to return the money to her. She had also filed a motion for the bail to be returned.

After hearing the parties, the HACC panel denied Palenyk's motion to be taken into custody and denied the return of the bail. The court granted the prosecution's motion and imposed the additional obligations on the defendants. One judge issued a dissenting opinion but did not read it aloud, as it will be set out in a separate document.

As reported earlier, the four Kyiv Court of Appeal judges — Ihor Palenyk, Yurii Slyva, Viktor Hlynianyi, and Viacheslav Dziubin — are charged with accepting a $35,000 bribe. According to the prosecution, the money was payment for rulings to lift the seizure of two An-74TK-100 aircraft that were material evidence in criminal proceedings for obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The judges were detained in November 2023, subsequently suspended from the bench, and later dismissed.