Automatically translated version. May contain inaccuracies compared to the original.
She also stated that she has never met Judge Dmytro Mykhailenko, meaning the conversations concern Judge Vira Mykhailenko (this judge is one of the panel members in Mykitas’s bribery case).
The presiding judge during the hearing, Dmytro Mykhailenko, also responded to those remarks, adding that he had never met Mudra.
When asked whether she had met Judge Kruk, Mudra replied that she might have seen him at some events.
👉 In the VHKS elections, which took place 25 March 2026, Igor Strohy was elected Head of the court; he was not mentioned in the disclosed conversation. Dmytro Mykhailenko became deputy head and clarified that he had never met Mudra.
Note that Maksym Mykitas is currently involved in three criminal proceedings that are before the court. The cases are being heard by different panels of VHKS judges:
1️⃣ The case about a bribe of 22 million euros for building a metro in Dnipro
Presiding judge: Volodymyr Voronko
Panel composition: Vira Mykhailenko, Andriy Bitsiuk
Mykitas’s role: listed individually.
2️⃣ The “apartment case” about embezzling 81 million UAH from the National Guard
Presiding judge: Kateryna Sikora
Panel composition: Tetyana Krykliva, Olha Salandiak
Mykitas’s role: appears together with other scheme participants.
3️⃣ The case about embezzling 307 million UAH during the construction of warehouses for the Ministry of Defense
Presiding judge: Nataliya Movchan
Panel composition: Tymur Khamzin, Olha Salandiak
Mykitas’s role: appears together with other scheme participants.
We wrote more about these cases and why two of them will go back to square one here.
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