Judge Tetyana Ostapchuk lifted the seizures of Unigran’s assets: they could have been removed from under sanctions

Judge Tetyana Ostapchuk lifted the seizures of Unigran’s assets: they could have been removed from under sanctions

Pechersky District Court judge in Kyiv Tetyana Ostapchuk 8 July 2026 annulled the seizures of assets of the Unigran group of companies. After that, another investigating judge restored the seizures, but Ostapchuk’s decision raised questions about the possibility of removing assets from under sanctions.

This was reported by OBOZ.UA.

In case No.757/36036/26-k, Ostapchuk annulled previously imposed seizures on Unigran’s assets. In the ruling the judge noted that seizing property is an exceptional measure and requires justification of its necessity. In her view, the arguments presented by the prosecutor’s office were insufficient.

The Office of the Prosecutor General reacted to the judge’s decision. About a week later another investigating judge, having reviewed the materials of proceeding No.757/38882/26-k, restored the seizures.

According to the publication, lifting the seizures could have created opportunities to withdraw capital and circumvent the NSDC sanctions. The article also claims that Sergei Shapran and his partner, former Odessa Regional Council deputy from Opposition Bloc Volodymyr Osipov, tried to seize Unigran’s assets.

Sanctions by the NSDC had earlier been imposed on Unigran’s beneficiary Igor Naumets. 12 May 2023 the year, by Presidential Decree No.279/2023 sanctions were introduced in the form of blocking the assets of Unigran and its beneficiary owners.

According to the investigation’s version, Shapran and Osipov took advantage of the situation and tried to appropriate the group’s assets. This concerned re-registering Igor Naumets’s property to companies under their control.

21 June the police announced 19 suspicions to the case’s suspects, among whom were Shapran and Naumets. According to the investigation, the scheme involved organizers, company executives, accountants, notaries, and other persons.

As part of the criminal proceedings at the end of 2024 the year, seizures were imposed on the property and corporate rights of the companies Yuni Lyuks, Yuni Service, Yuni Stone Plant, Korosten Mining Company, Malyn Mining Company, and Budindustriya-Service LTD. The seized assets were transferred to ARMA’s management.

In May 2025 the year, the Ministry of Justice returned the property of sanctioned Unigran to the state. The agency annulled the illegal sale and canceled registration procedures concerning the transfer of real estate assets of Unigran LLC and Unigran-Service LLC. At the same time, full nationalization of the assets did not occur.

In March 2026 the year, Dnipro District Administrative Court judge Olena Tsarikova satisfied Shapran’s lawsuit and returned Unigran group assets to him. The article also claims that assistance in obtaining this decision was provided by judge Roman Holobutovskyi.

OBOZ.UA also writes that earlier Holobutovskyi declared an apartment and parking spaces in Kyiv residential complex Novopecherski Lypky, the value of which, according to the publication, is approximately 5 times lower than market. Next to the judge’s apartment is housing that belongs to his mother, but this is not indicated in the declaration.

According to the article, Tetyana Ostapchuk’s decision on the seizures of Unigran’s assets became another episode in the court history of this case. At the same time, after her ruling, the seizures of the assets were reinstated by another investigating judge.