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exceeded UAH 716mn. United Energy purchased electricity from Ukrenergo for more than UAH 716mn. Subsequently, the electricity was sold to real market participants, and the proceeds were transferred to the accounts of a controlled foreign company. The NABU claims that Ukrenergo never received money for the supplied electricity, and the company was also refused to repay the debt by the guarantor bank. “Currently, suspicion has been reported to four persons: the organizer of the scheme, the director of the Ukrenergo department, the head of the board of a commercial bank and the director of a private company,” the report says. The NABU also added that funds in the amount of more than UAH 700mn on the accounts of companies involved in the scheme were seized.
Zelensky releases personal financial declarations showing fall in income over 2022. President Volodymyr Zelensky on Jan. 28 released a mandatory declaration of his income and assets. The summary on the presidential website says that his household income fell by UAH 1.8 million ($47,50) to UAH 3.7 million ($97,706) in 2022, compared to 2021.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on January 28 released a mandatory declaration of his income and assets. The summary on the presidential website says that his household cashflow fell by UAH 1.8mn ($47,50) to UAH 3.7mn ($97,706) in 2022, compared to 2021. The Zelenskiys made $285,198 in 2021, although almost $141,2789 of that came from the sale of treasury bonds. The 2021 figure was almost $314,827 less than his 2020 income. Zelenskiy's declaration attributed his lower 2022 income to frozen rental agreements as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion. According to the declaration, in 2021, Zelenskiy finished the registration process for 22 trademarks, having begun it “long before he was elected president.” The full declaration lists several dozen trademarks. Zelenskiy’s number of apartments, vehicles and other assets has not changed. According to his declaration, there are seven entries for apartments and two for vehicles, a Range Rover and a Mercedes.
Ex-Supreme Court chief charged with bribery released on bail, can return to work. Vsevolod Kniaziev, former chairman of the Supreme Court and a suspect in a bribery case, was released from detention after paying Hr 18 million bail ($450,000) on Jan. 31. Kniaziev has been dismissed from his position as the court's chairman but can return to work as an ordinary judge.
● War
Budanov hints at plan to increase strikes on Russian critical infrastructure. A "hypothetical" plan exists to increase the tempo of strikes in Russia, potentially including "all the major critical infrastructure facilities and military infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation," said Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukraine's military intelligence.
Russia shows no intent to return bodies of POWs allegedly on crashed Il-76. Russia shows no willingness to return bodies of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) allegedly killed in an Il-76 plane crash on Jan. 24, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said in a comment to Suspilne, published on Jan. 30.
Zelensky on Il-76 crash: Ukraine to demand international investigation, fate of POWs unknown. President Volodymyr Zelensky in his nightly address
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