Lawyer Novikov in the Supreme Court: The public has seen evidence of falsified sanctions against Poroshenko.

The panel of judges of the Cassation Administrative Court, part of the Supreme Court, continues to consider Petro Poroshenko’s claim to overturn the illegal decree imposing sanctions.

Before the review of classified materials (for official use only), Petro Poroshenko’s lawyer, Ilya Novikov, commented to journalists on the case documents that had appeared in the media the previous day. He noted that, according to these documents, the process of preparing the sanctions petition against Poroshenko was directly overseen by Vladislav Vlasyuk, the Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions Policy.

“The document contains, in particular, the minutes of a closed meeting attended by Ms. Svyrydenko; its format is unclear. This was not an official meeting of the interdepartmental sanctions group, as stipulated by the regulations—it had the wrong composition and the wrong situation. This meeting took place no earlier than 2:00 PM, at 2:00 PM, on February 12. And at this meeting, Vladislav Vlasyuk, Zelenskyy’s commissioner for sanctions, insisted that the entire preparatory process be completed before the National Security and Defense Council meeting, which was already scheduled for 6:30 PM that same day. That is, the Ministry of Economy, with Svyrydenko’s signature, would submit a request to the Cabinet of Ministers, the Cabinet of Ministers would vote, and then submit it to the National Security and Defense Council, so that the president could sign the sanctions decree that evening and travel to Munich without any hesitation. This document was also made public,” Novikov said.

The published documents also prove that there were no factual grounds for imposing sanctions against the fifth President, and that the decision was based on political myths repeatedly spread by sources close to the government.

Government officials in court are doing everything they can to mislead the court and the public, including attempting to keep the proceedings classified. As was revealed during the trial , some of the documents used to impose sanctions were submitted to the National Security and Defense Council retroactively, after the decision had been made and the Decree had been signed.

Earlier, President Zelenskyy’s representative to the Supreme Court acknowledged that changes were made to the signed decree implementing the National Security and Defense Council’s decision on sanctions against Poroshenko, which she called “technical amendments.”

According to lawyer Ihor Golovan, the Vinnytsia District Administrative Court’s ruling on Petro Poroshenko’s lawsuit against the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff and the NSDC Secretary entered into force on July 31. “In particular, it was established that the Decree and its appendix, which was sent for the president’s signature and dated February 12, 2025, contained errors. Specifically, Petro Poroshenko’s identification code contained 11 digits instead of 10. Accordingly, the court established that the President had enacted the Decree.” The court also noted that current Ukrainian legislation does not provide for the possibility of correcting errors or amending regulatory legal acts, including decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and presidential decrees, outside the established procedure for adopting the relevant act.

President Zelenskyy’s spokesperson also confirmed earlier during the meeting that the National Bank of Ukraine illegally imposed financial restrictions on Petro Poroshenko.