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Fraud involving humanitarian aid worth 3 million crowns, a scheme for draft evaders, arson of telecommunications equipment, and a man’s death after a visit to the military commissariat: legal news digest as of 08 November 2026
▪️In the Czech Republic, 11 cases of humanitarian aid fraud totaling nearly 3 million crowns were uncovered
Law enforcement in the South Bohemian Region uncovered 11 cases of illegally obtaining humanitarian aid by Ukrainians who gave false residential addresses and were actually outside the country. The total amount of damages is almost 3 million Czech crowns.
▪️In Poltava, two organizers of a scheme for draft evaders were convicted for smuggling men abroad
For 20 thousand dollars, two men promised a conscript they would forge the State Migration Service stamps in his passport and arrange travel to Slovakia. The defendants reached plea agreements with the prosecutor, admitted guilt, and agreed to transfer 242 thousand hryvnias each for the needs of the Armed Forces, receiving suspended sentences.
▪️In Kryvyi Rih, two men are suspected of setting fire to telecommunications equipment for money
Law enforcement detained two 31-year-old men suspected of deliberately setting fire to operators’ telecommunications equipment for financial reward. According to the investigation, they received the order via a messenger app, and the fire-related damages are estimated at approximately 70 thousand hryvnias.
▪️A petition to exempt service members who raise children with disabilities reached 25 thousand signatures
A petition calling to support bill No. 15057, which would grant service members the right to be released from service to raise children with disabilities up to 18 years old, gathered the required number of votes. The Cabinet of Ministers must now review the petition and provide an official response.
▪️The National Bank is withdrawing 50- and 200-hryvnia banknotes from circulation: what will happen to the old money
The National Bank of Ukraine continues to gradually withdraw 50- and 200-hryvnia banknotes issued in 2003–2007, replacing them with modern notes. At the same time, the old banknotes remain legal tender, so there is no need to exchange them specifically.
▪️Kyiv may introduce free rides on surface public transport
The capital is considering introducing free rides on surface public transport. The initiative is linked to creating a reserve transportation system in case of metro outages and bridge closures over the Dnipro River.
▪️A National Guard serviceman in Volyn was convicted for refusing to go to the front
A National Guard serviceman refused to carry out a commander’s order to go on rotation to Donetsk region. The court found him guilty of insubordination and sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment with a one-year probation period.
▪️In Cherkasy region, a man was found dead after a visit to the military commissariat: ombudsman demands investigation
A man disappeared after being at the Zvenyhorodka military commissariat, where he had been brought in August, and nearly two months later his family found him dead 120 kilometers from home. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets demands a review of the circumstances and the actions of the officials involved.
▪️In Odesa, a “ghost employee” scheme at a lyceum worth 136 thousand hryvnias was uncovered
A former deputy director of the European Lyceum, together with the school’s director, recorded time sheets for an employee who did not actually perform her duties but still received a salary. As a result, 136,7 thousand hryvnias were paid from the budget.
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