New case against ex-Spetstechnoexport head sent to HACC
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has sent an indictment to the court in criminal proceedings regarding the embezzlement of over UAH 146 million of funds from state-owned defense sector enterprises. The High Anti-Corruption Court has appointed judges to consider the case.
This is reported by the SAPO and evidenced by the data on the website of the Judicial Authority of Ukraine.
On March 20, 2026, the SAPO prosecutor sent an indictment to the court accusing 5 members of a criminal group of embezzling over UAH 146 million from state-owned defense sector enterprises. Among the accused: former officials of state-owned enterprises that are part of the Ukroboronprom concern; the actual beneficiary of a private company
The former director of the state enterprise "Spetstechnoexport" Pavlo Barbul, his former deputy Anton Voronin, another former head of the state enterprise "Spetstechnoexport" Vladyslav Belbas, former advisor to the former head of the State Land Agency Serhiy Tymchenko, Yevhen Singaevsky, and Viktor Markelov are accused in this case.
Let us remind you that Pavlo Barbul is a person involved in the EBK base.
Last spring, the former head of the State Enterprise "Spetstechnoexport" Pavlo Barbul, who is on trial for corruption, was charged with new suspicion. NABU and SAPO also reported the suspicion to his former deputy Anton Voronin, Yevhen Singaevsky, Oleksiy Barbul and Viktor Markelov. According to the investigation, during 2016-2019, the specified organized group seized 3.78 million euros from State Joint-Stock Company "Artem", State Enterprise "Aviakon" and STE.
