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NABU was ordered to open a case regarding the diversion of 140 million UAH of working capital from state ports in favor of UDP
A investigating judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court partially granted a complaint about NABU’s inaction and ordered that the information from the statement dated 5 October 2026 be entered into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations (URI)
Earlier NABU did not enter into the register data about the possible gratuitous diversion of 140 million UAH of working capital of two state enterprises — SE “Commercial Sea Port ‘Pivdennyi’” and SE “Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine” — for a period of 36 months in favor of PJSC “Ukrainian Danube Shipping” (UDP).
The decision, according to the complainant, was formalized by a meeting protocol dated 19 June 2026, No. 182/46/30-26, which was held and approved by the Deputy Minister for Communities and Territories Development. The statement also mentioned possible actions by UDP officials to conceal the actual volume of fleet operations and revenues.
The court concluded that the circumstances described may indicate signs of crimes provided for in part 2 of Art. 364 (abuse of power or official position) and part 5 of Art. 191 (misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property by abusing official position) of the Criminal Code. Since the occurrence or elements of a crime are not categorically excluded, the information should have been entered into the URI and an investigation should have been initiated. The court refused the claim insofar as it recognized NABU’s inaction as unlawful.
At the end of June 2026, the Trade Union of Maritime Transport Workers of Ukraine publicly reported the approval of an interest-free repayable financial aid to UDP in the amount of 100 million UAH from the port “Pivdennyi” to cover wage arrears to seafarers (which had been accumulating since September 2025). According to the union, the ministry had already given a positive decision, although at that time there was no official confirmation from the ministry or the port.
The amount and sources in the statement (140 million UAH from two enterprises) and in public reports (100 million UAH from “Pivdennyi”) differ. These circumstances, according to the complainant, require verification.
“Ukrainian Danube Shipping” is a state enterprise (shares managed by the Ministry) that is undergoing a deep crisis. After a record profit in 2023 (719 million UAH and over 140 million UAH in taxes/dividends) the company moved into losses. In 2024–2025 the revenue sharply fell, net loss increased manyfold, and market share shrank by more than 10 times (from over 10% to less than 1%).
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Benoît Pleska publicly spoke about asset embezzlement, five years without an audit and proposals to sell vessels “as scrap.” The enterprise is preparing a large-scale sale of assets (dozens of ships and floating units), has wage arrears to seafarers, and is losing personnel. NABU has previously investigated cases related to UDP — in particular about the seizure of 32 lighters/vessels worth over 80 million UAH (the case has been referred to court).
The protocol dated 19.06.2026 was approved by the deputy minister. At that time, Andriy Kashuba (a former AMPUs top manager, member of UDP’s supervisory board) was actively dealing with Danube region issues, ports and UDP. On 13 October 2026 — the day after the High Anti-Corruption Court’s ruling — the Cabinet dismissed Kashuba from his position at his own request.
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