Overview
- The court refused on July 7 to extend procedural duties for MP Yuliya Tymoshenko, ending requirements that she report changes of residence and appear on demand in the case accusing her of offering unlawful benefits.
- On July 7 the court removed an electronic monitoring bracelet from former vice‑prime minister Oleksii Chernyshov while keeping obligations to notify authorities of moves, appear for investigators and avoid contact with other suspects.
- The court extended pretrial duties for former deputy head of the Presidential Office Andriy Smirnov to 8 September and required him to surrender travel documents and report changes in residence and work.
- The Appeal Chamber of the same court on July 8 left intact a nine‑year prison sentence for the former head of the Ternopil regional council, confirming the lower court’s bribery conviction.
- Separate rulings included approval of a plea agreement in an Ukrenergo procurement fraud case that requires partial repayment and contributions to the armed forces, and a temporary Pecherskyi court order barring publication of an investigation into the DBR director’s brother that has drawn media and press‑freedom criticism.