Overview
- NABU and SAPO said they notified a parliamentary faction leader of suspicion under Part 4, Article 369 for offering unlawful benefits to MPs in exchange for votes on specific bills.
- Overnight searches were conducted at Batkivshchyna’s Kyiv office, where investigators seized phones and documents; Yuliia Tymoshenko confirmed the raid and called it a politically driven PR stunt.
- SAPO described a planned, long‑term mechanism involving advance payments and instructions on how lawmakers should vote or abstain, rather than one‑off arrangements.
- NABU released video from the search and audio from the operation that purportedly captures cash and conversations about monthly payments, with the identities of other MPs obscured.
- Media and political sources identified the suspect as Tymoshenko, who rejected the allegations in a speech to parliament and alleged procedural violations during the search, as the pre‑trial probe continues.