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Former Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor Dmytro Borzykh has become the focus of an NABU investigation. Lawyers from the association “Guarantee of Your Rights” are suspected of illegal access to closed court decisions, warning defendants in 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 experts.
Access to the closed court registry
1 April 2025 NABU and SAP reported suspicions against Dmytro Borzykh, Andrii Filiuk, and Maksym Komarnytskyi in case No. ¹52023000000000620.
According to the investigation, since August 2022 a special script checked closed court decisions 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 decisions were recorded. The matter concerns at least 100 criminal proceedings, among them about 30 NABU investigations into top-level corruption.
The technical executor of the scheme 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 decisions 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 incidents of information leaks.
Among the proceedings that 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. However, this does not mean that all the named individuals were clients of the law 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 exerted on specialists from the Lviv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations and 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 TCC officers despite having a reservation. At the same time, the court has not established who exactly organized the pressure.
Connections with prosecutors and judges
Borzykh served as deputy to Anatolii Matios alongside Ruslan Kravchenko, who later became Prosecutor General.
ZN.UA sources name the head of the Pecherskyi Court Ruslan Kozlov as Borzykh’s godfather and also report his contacts with Oleh Tatarov, Andrii Smirnov, and Oleksii Kuleba.
Kravchenko confirmed acquaintance with Borzykh from their time working together but denied current relations.
Another episode concerns obtaining lawyer 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 went to court against ZN.UA and journalist Inna Vedernikova. He demanded a retraction of the published information and 500 thousand hryvnias in legal costs. In particular, he challenged the journalists’ right to publish the suspect’s surname.
The first lawsuit was withdrawn. After a renewed filing, Judge Yevhen Khainatskyi recused himself due to a personal acquaintance with Borzykh. Later Judge Tetiana Ilieva also recused herself.
The case was transferred to Oleksii Sokolov. 13 October 2026 he completed its consideration in one hearing, denying a postponement 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 rental value 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 information about his family was added to it and the rent of part of the house was indicated at 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.
WAKS Judge Volodymyr Voronko also has professional ties with them from Luhansk region.
6 November 2026 the SAP prosecutor filed a motion to recuse Voronko amid a dispute over delaying a court hearing.
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