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Former Deputy Military Prosecutor Dmytro Borzykh has become the focus of an NABU investigation. Lawyers from the association “Guarantee of Your Rights” are suspected of illegally accessing closed court rulings, warning subjects of corruption cases about searches, and trading in official information.
This is reported in an investigation by ZN.UA, which also describes Borzykh’s connections with judges, representatives of the Office of the President, and a history of pressure on forensic examiners.
Access to the closed court registry
On 1 April 2025, NABU and the SAP announced suspicions against Dmytro Borzykh, Andrii Filiuk, and Maksym Komarnytskyi in case No. 52023000000000620.
According to the investigation, since August 2022 a special script checked closed court rulings every 12 hours using the electronic key of a judge of the Shevchenkivskyi Court. Journalists name that judge as Vasyl Voloshyn.
In total, 39 615 requests and 7572 viewed rulings were recorded. The matter concerns at least 100 criminal proceedings, including about 30 NABU investigations into top-level corruption.
The scheme’s technical operator is named as Kostiantyn Saibel. In 2019 he received a two-year suspended sentence in a case about illegal access to registries, which was investigated by the future colleagues of Borzykh.
According to journalists, after the leak of court rulings about searches in the case of former minister Mykola Solskyi, the suspects managed to change phones and destroy some traces. NABU recorded more than 30 episodes of information leaks.
Among the proceedings the group was interested in, sources name the cases of Borys Kaufman, Dmytro Isaienko, Hryhorii Kozlovskyi, Oleksandr Hranovskyi, Vadym Novynskyi, as well as the State Service of Special Communications and the municipal enterprise Kinematika. At the same time, this does not mean that all the mentioned persons were clients of the legal association.
Pressure on forensic experts
A separate episode concerns attempts to influence the experts who examined evidence in the case. NABU wiretapped the lawyers’ office from November to December 2023, seized equipment, and recovered data from computers.
According to ZN.UA, pressure was applied to specialists at the Lviv Research Institute of Forensic Expertise and to Deputy Minister of Justice Andrii Haichenko. In particular, there were threats of being sent to the front.
One of the experts, after signing a conclusion, was detained by the Territorial Recruitment Center’s staff despite having a reservation. At the same time, the court has not established who exactly organized the pressure.
Connections with prosecutors and judges
Borzykh worked as Anatolii Matios’s deputy together with Ruslan Kravchenko, who later became the Prosecutor General.
ZN.UA sources name Pecherskyi Court chairman Ruslan Kozlov as Borzykh’s godfather, and also report his contacts with Oleh Tatarov, Andrii Smyrnov, and Oleksii Kuleba.
Kravchenko confirmed acquaintance with Borzykh from their time working together, but denied having current relations.
Another episode concerns obtaining attorney certificates in 2020. At that time Anatolii Matios and 14 other former prosecutors simultaneously received such documents in Volyn. The exam results were initially canceled, but later reinstated by the courts.
Lawsuit against journalists
Borzykh also turned to the court against ZN.UA and journalist Inna Vedernikova. He demanded a retraction of the published information and 500 thousand hryvnias in court costs. In particular, he challenged the journalists’ right to publish the suspect’s surname.
The first suit was withdrawn. After a renewed filing, Judge Yevhen Khainatsky declared a recusal due to personal acquaintance with Borzykh. Later Judge Tetiana Ilieva also recused herself.
The case was transferred to Oleksii Sokolov. On 13 October 2026 he completed its consideration in one hearing, refusing to postpone the hearing due to an air raid alert.
Borzykh’s property and the Bihus.Info investigation
Questions about Borzykh’s property arose while he was still working in the prosecutor’s office.
According to Bihus.Info, he used a house of 390 square meters in Lisnyky. The market value of its rent was estimated at 90 thousand hryvnias per month, while Borzykh’s salary was about 31 thousand hryvnias.
His common-law wife Daria Poliakova owned a Range Rover Evoque and an apartment worth approximately 3 million hryvnias.
Borzykh’s declaration was classified. Later family information was added to it and it noted rental of part of the house for 15 thousand hryvnias. In June 2018 NABU closed the proceeding regarding possible illegal enrichment.
The “Carthage” case and SBU General Serhii Duka
Another episode concerns the “Carthage” case and SBU General Serhii Duka, who is defended by lawyer Vladyslav Kulynych. He previously worked with Borzykh in the military prosecutor’s office.
VACs judge Volodymyr Voronko also has professional ties with them from Luhansk region.
On 6 November 2026, SAP prosecutor declared a recusal of Voronko amid a dispute over delaying a court hearing.
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