The materials on the basis of which illegal sanctions against Poroshenko were imposed were submitted retroactively, according to a lawyer.

A panel of judges of the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court continues to consider Petro Poroshenko’s lawsuit against President Zelenskyy to overturn the illegal decree imposing sanctions. Members of Ukrainian parliament, civil society activists, and representatives of European embassies attended the hearing.

According to Poroshenko’s lawyer, Ilya Novikov, the documents on the basis of which the sanctions were imposed were submitted to the National Security and Defense Council retroactively, after the decision had been made and the Decree had been signed. The disk containing the materials received by the National Security and Defense Council was compiled on February 13, while the decision to impose sanctions was made on February 12, 2025.

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 enacted the Presidential Decree.” The court also found that the National Security and Defense Council had requested the appendix containing the error in the letter and sent a different text on the 13th—the day after the Decree was signed. Thus, the text of the Decree was illegally altered.

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.

“These findings, reached by the court, were not challenged by the National Security and Defense Council apparatus, nor were they challenged by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and the court’s decision has entered into force,” Golovan said.

During the meeting, President Zelenskyy’s representative also confirmed that the National Bank of Ukraine illegally imposed financial restrictions on Petro Poroshenko.