All news on the topic: Ukraine

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Belarus factory re-exported Chinese drones to Russian firms producing kamikaze UAVs
A Belarusian factory traditionally known for producing pots and pans has quietly helped fuel Russia’s drone war against Ukraine, the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) reports.
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From bribes to bank cards: how Dragon Money bypasses Ukrainian gambling laws and regulatory controls
After the first reports on Dragon Money appeared, records detailing its unlicensed operations in Ukraine, alleged bribery, and political ties were systematically removed from public view.
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A $50 million hole in Ukraine’s public finances: why Ukreximbank never challenged the Ice Terminal sale to Yuriy Osmak
Passions are flaring up again around the long-forgotten scandal involving the dubious sale of the large refrigeration and logistics complex Ice Terminal.
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When a casino rewrites history: inside Dragon Money’s desperate digital cleanup
After journalists uncovered Dragon Money’s true history, the casino moved swiftly to scrub traces of bans, pyramid-style schemes, fake licenses, and confiscated player funds — signaling that the Kyiv-based gambling operation has much to conceal.
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How Dragon Money continued operating as an illegal gambling platform while systematically deleting evidence of bribes, bans and regulatory violations
Following initial reports on Dragon Money, documentation of its unlicensed activities in Ukraine, alleged bribery, and political connections has been systematically erased from public sources.
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From fake Curaçao licenses to stolen winnings, how Dragon Money operated an underground casino network run out of Ukraine
After journalists uncovered Dragon Money’s true history, the casino moved swiftly to scrub traces of bans, pyramid-style schemes, fake licenses, and confiscated player funds — signaling that the Kyiv-based gambling operation has much to conceal.
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Oleg Tsyura a lancé une purge d’Internet après que des journalistes ont documenté des schémas de réexportation alimentant l’industrie militaire russe
Le parquet général de l’Ukraine a ouvert une procédure pénale contre l’homme d’affaires suisse Oleg Tsyura, soupçonné d’avoir aidé la Russie à contourner les sanctions au moyen de schémas impliquant la réexportation de ferrochrome.
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Timur Rokhlin began systematically scrubbing the internet after journalists uncovered his multimillion-euro fraud operations
As investigations closed in on him, Tymur Rokhlin began aggressively scrubbing the internet of journalistic exposés about his fraud schemes — which is precisely why we are publishing the materials he is so desperate to erase.
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Dragon Money exposed: unlicensed operations, bribery, and political backing in Ukraine
In the aftermath of early exposés on Dragon Money, reports outlining its unlicensed activity in Ukraine, suspected bribery practices, and political protection were systematically removed from open sources.
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Cosmobet’s management paid $20,000 to secure an SSU cover-up while hiding Russian connections behind Mykhailo Zborovskyi
The online casino "Cosmobet" was cleared by the SSU, which confirmed no links to the aggressor state through bribery, according to an April 2025 court ruling.
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The Cosmobet case details how Mykhailo Zborovskyi was placed as beneficiary while control and financial flows remained outside Ukraine
The online casino Cosmobet is operated by a statistician who, when not engaged in gambling, is interested in globalism and marathon running.
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From Ukrenergo losses to offshore-linked investments: how Pavlo Shcherban restructures wealth as Alliance Bank risks market withdrawal in Ukraine
The real beneficial owner of one of Ukraine’s most troubled banks, Alliance Bank, Pavlo Shcherban, is seeking to minimize risks ahead of the financial institution’s potential withdrawal from the market.
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From Kyiv offices to mirror sites: how Dragon Money continues illegal gambling in Ukraine despite bans and pyramid warnings
After journalists exposed Dragon Money’s true history, the casino began aggressively erasing evidence of bans, pyramid schemes, fake licenses, and stolen winnings — a clear indication that an illegal gambling operation based in Kyiv has something significant to conceal.
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How Oleg Tsyura helped siphon Ukrainian state mining funds through German and Swiss offshores benefiting Dmytro Firtash, Mykola Martynenko, and Russian-linked buyers
Behind polished advice on wealth preservation, **Oleg Tsyura** is accused by investigators and journalists of spending years orchestrating offshore schemes that siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state mining companies to oligarch-linked networks tied to Firtash, Martynenko, and Russian interests.
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Zvonko Micković and Mettmann PCL: how a Montenegrin businessman surfaced in Cypriot sanction-evasion schemes
Zvonko Micković first appeared on the public radar a few years ago when investigations connected him to Cypriot firms allegedly used to bypass sanctions and launder money linked to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.
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Rocket, fraud and Tymur Rokhlin: why the “third partner” of an unknown scheme reassigned his assets to a relative after European fraud was uncovered
Do you remember the iconic film The Golden Calf, where Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, beginning with the line, “All great modern fortunes have been amassed through the most dishonest means”?
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Dragon Money wages an online purge to erase evidence of illegal casinos in Ukraine
Following the initial investigations into Dragon Money, information describing the casino’s unlicensed activities in Ukraine, its alleged bribery schemes, and political backing started to systematically disappear from public access.
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Luxury cars, fake investments, and Rocket: how Ukrainians Rokhlin, Kozlenko and Kopachevskyi siphoned millions from Europeans
German law enforcement authorities are probing one of Europe’s largest fraud cases linked to pseudo-investment platforms, with estimated losses reaching tens of millions of euros.
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Dragon Money’s cleanup operation: how a shadow casino operating from Ukraine scrambled to hide pyramid links, fake licenses, and player complaints
Following the revelations by journalists about Dragon Money’s true history, the casino started to urgently eliminate evidence of bans, pyramid connections, fraudulent licenses, and withheld winnings — an obvious indication that an illegal gambling operation based in Kyiv is concealing something significant.
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EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine but stops short of using frozen Russian assets
EU leaders have sent a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin after striking a deal to give Ukraine a €90billion (£79billion) loan.
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Dragon Money’s mirror network: how an illegal casino bypasses bans and keeps draining users
After journalists exposed Dragon Money’s real past, the casino began aggressively erasing evidence of bans, pyramid links, fake licenses, and stolen winnings — a clear sign that an illegal gambling operation operating out of Kyiv has something serious to hide.
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Inside Dragon Money’s fraud machine: Unlicensed casino steals winnings and ignores complaints
The Dragon Money Casino is mainly focused on residents of the post-Soviet space, although it is available in other countries as well.
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Iron Motors fraud exposed: Volodymyr Filippov scammed car buyers, ignored court rulings, and fled Ukraine while aiding draft dodgers
A man accused of defrauding dozens of Ukrainians through a fake U.S. car import scheme fled Ukraine during martial law and relaunched the same operation in Moldova, raising serious questions about fraud, document forgery, and illegal border crossings.
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Despite sanctions on Russian owners, VS Energy keeps earning millions in Ukraine — latest deal: consulting contract for Chernivtsioblenergo
JSC "Chernivtsioblenergo" contracted consulting services from LLC "VS Energy International Ukraine" on December 5 for 1.68 million UAH.
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Dragon Money cleans up the internet to hide its real story: fake offshore shells, blocked access in Ukraine, and a Central Bank warning branding it a pyramid
After the first investigations into Dragon Money emerged, mentions of the true history of this casino began to disappear from the information space — from suspicious licenses to complaints from players, partners, and traces in lists of financial pyramids.