Today, the HACC Appeals Chamber heard the defense's appeal on behalf of Oleksandr Dydych, a lawyer and accomplice of Serhii Kropyva. On September 8, 2026, the HACC ordered his detention as a preventive measure, with the alternative of UAH 15 million bail.

The defense's position

The defense maintains that the first-instance ruling imposing the preventive measure on Dydych should be overturned. The lawyers argued that the investigating judge failed to consider whether a less restrictive measure than detention could be applied to Dydych. Defense counsel noted that the investigating judge had not examined whether Dydych actually belonged to a criminal organization. The defense also considers the bail set by the first-instance ruling excessive. The lawyers further argued that the case file contains no precise evidence that Dydych was Kropyva's accomplice or took any action to provide cover for call centers or legalize proceeds of crime. Counsel noted that the investigation had not established that Dydych provided any legal or accounting services to Kropyva.

Dydych's position

Dydych said only that he fully supports his defense counsel.

The prosecution's position

The prosecutor stressed that he saw no procedural violations in the notice of suspicion served on Dydych or in any other actions.

Investigators are convinced that Kropyva and Dydych acted as accomplices. Recorded conversations show Dydych handling the legal and accounting side of re-registering apartments in the Carpathians in the name of the wife of Kropyva's driver.

The prosecutor also argued that all the risks substantiated in the first-instance ruling persist and that there are no grounds to reduce the bail or change Dydych's preventive measure. The prosecution therefore asked the court to deny the defense's appeals.

Having considered the defense's appeals, the court upheld Dydych's preventive measure.