Overview
- Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko submitted his resignation to President Volodymyr Zelensky and parliament on Monday after meeting the heads of the National Anti‑Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
- NABU and SAPO say Operation Carthage uncovered a criminal organisation operating inside the Prosecutor General’s Office that began in mid‑2025 and took bribes from fraudulent call centres to allow them to operate.
- Deputy PGO official Serhii Kropyva was detained and remanded by the High Anti‑Corruption Court until November 2 with an alternative bail of UAH 120 million, and the court has also remanded other suspects including driver Serhii Kutsyi and Yelyzaveta Ivakhnenko with bail conditions.
- Audio released by NABU references a ‘boss’ with the patronymic 'Andriiovych,' a detail that corresponds to Kravchenko’s patronymic; Kravchenko denies involvement, has suspended implicated staff, ordered audits and polygraph tests, and disclosed items seized from his office during searches.
- The case raises questions about the legality of nighttime searches, access to other case files and the evidentiary weight of recordings, and it could prompt further personnel changes and renewed debate over how the Prosecutor General is appointed and overseen.