Dmytro Borzykh: Lawyer at Center of NABU Investigation

Former Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor Dmytro Borzykh has become the focus of an NABU investigation into possible illegal access to closed court rulings, leaks of information about investigative actions, and pressure on forensic experts. According to an investigation published 9 November 2026, the case recorded 39 615 requests to the closed register and views of 7572 court rulings. Besides Borzykh, the investigation names attorneys Andriy Filiuk and Maksym Komarnytskyi as figures in the proceedings.

1 April 2025 NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office notified Dmytro Borzykh, Andriy Filiuk, and Maksym Komarnytskyi of suspicions in case No. 52023000000000620, media report. According to the investigation’s version, lawyers from the “Guarantee of Your Rights” association may have obtained closed information about court rulings, warned subjects of corruption proceedings about searches, and passed official information to interested persons. The investigation established that since August 2022 a special software script checked closed court rulings every 12 hours using the electronic key of a judge of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv. In the journalistic piece the judge is identified as Vasyl Voloshyn. The recorded 39 615 requests made it possible to view 7572 rulings. The information concerned at least 100 criminal proceedings, about 30 of which were NABU investigations into high-level corruption. Journalists name Kostiantyn Saibel as the technical executor of the information collection. In 2019 he received a two-year suspended sentence in a case about illegal access to registers. According to the investigation, after court rulings about searches leaked in the proceeding concerning former Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi, the suspects were able to change phones and destroy some possible evidence. Overall, NABU recorded over 30 episodes of information leaks. Among the proceedings the group reportedly followed were cases involving businessmen Borys Kaufman, Dmytro Isaienko, Hryhorii Kozlovskyi, Oleksandr Hranovskyi, and Vadym Novynskyi. Proceedings concerning the State Service of Special Communications and the municipal enterprise “Kinematika” are also mentioned. At the same time, mention of these cases does not mean the named persons were clients of the law association or participated in the alleged scheme. A separate line of investigation concerns possible pressure on experts who examined evidence in a criminal proceeding. According to journalists, NABU listened to the lawyers’ office from November to December 2023, seized equipment, and recovered data from computers. The piece mentions specialists from the Lviv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations and Deputy Minister of Justice Andriy Haichenko. Sources claim experts may have been pressured, including by threats of being sent to the front. One specialist, after signing an expert opinion, was detained by personnel of the territorial recruitment center despite having an exemption. At the same time, the provided information does not include a court-established finding about who organized the detention or might have coordinated the pressure. Alleged involvement of Dmytro Borzykh in this episode also cannot be considered proven based solely on the described circumstances.

Journalists separately examined Dmytro Borzykh’s professional and personal contacts. He previously served as Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor under Anatolii Matios. During the same period Ruslan Kravchenko worked in the military prosecutor’s system and later headed the Office of the Prosecutor General. Kravchenko confirmed acquaintance with Borzykh through joint work but denied current relations. Sources also name Pecherskyi District Court head Ruslan Kozlov as Borzykh’s godfather and report contacts of the former prosecutor with Oleh Tatarov, Andriy Smyrnov, and Oleksii Kuleba. Acquaintances or professional contacts alone do not confirm interference in court proceedings. The piece does not provide a court ruling establishing unlawful influence by these persons on case consideration. Another episode concerns issuance of attorney credentials in 2020 to Anatolii Matios and in 14 to former prosecutors in Volyn. Exam results were initially annulled but later reinstated after court reviews. This story is mentioned in the context of Borzykh’s professional ties to former prosecutors. Dmytro Borzykh also sued the outlet ZN.UA and journalist Inna Vedernikova, demanding retraction of published information and compensation of 500 thousand hryvnias in legal costs. Among the claims was a challenge to journalists’ right to publish the surname of a suspect. Borzykh withdrew his first lawsuit. After a renewed filing, Judge Yevhen Khainatskyi recused himself due to personal acquaintance with the plaintiff. Later Judge Tetiana Ilieva also recused herself. The case was transferred to Judge Oleksii Sokolov. On 13 October 2026 he concluded the hearing in a single session, denying an adjournment because of an air raid alert. This episode also became part of the account of court proceedings related to publications about Dmytro Borzykh. Journalists Bihus.Info previously examined the former prosecutor’s financial situation. According to them, while working in the prosecutor’s office Borzykh used a house of 390 square meters in Lisnyky. The market rental value of such housing was estimated at about 90 thousand hryvnias per month, while Borzykh’s salary was about 31 thousand hryvnias. His civil partner Daria Poliakova, journalists report, owned a Range Rover Evoque and an apartment valued at about 3 million UAH. Dmytro Borzykh’s declaration was classified, and later information about his family and rental of part of the house for 15 thousand hryvnias was added. In June 2018 NABU closed proceedings regarding possible illegal enrichment. This earlier episode is not proof of violations in the current case, but it is mentioned in the context of examining the former official’s financial circumstances. The piece separately mentions the “Carthage” case and SBU General Serhii Duka, who is defended by attorney Vladyslav Kulynych, previously connected to Borzykh through work in the military prosecutor’s office. High Anti-Corruption Court Judge Volodymyr Voronko also has shared professional ties with them from Luhansk region. On 6 November 2026 the SAP prosecutor filed a recusal motion against Voronko amid a dispute over delayed court proceedings. As of the date the investigation was published, the key allegations concerning possible illegal access to the register, information leaks, and pressure on experts remain matters of the criminal proceeding. A notice of suspicion is not a conviction, and a final assessment of the actions of Dmytro Borzykh and other figures must be made by a court after examination of the evidence.