Overview
- Pecherskyi District Court in Kyiv ordered round-the-clock house arrest with an electronic bracelet for Hennadii Trukhanov until December 28, 2025.
- The ruling bars him from leaving the city without permission, contacting witnesses, or using travel documents, which he must surrender to authorities.
- National Police said on October 29 that notices of suspicion were served to Trukhanov and other officials over alleged official negligence tied to the deadly flooding.
- Investigators allege he failed to ensure proper maintenance of Odesa’s drainage system and to warn residents about the emergency risk on September 30.
- Trukhanov denies wrongdoing, calls the case a political diversion, plans to appeal within five days, and continues to dispute President Zelenskyy’s earlier move to strip his citizenship over an alleged Russian passport.