The Supreme Court continues to hear Poroshenko’s lawsuit to overturn illegal sanctions.

A panel of judges of the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court continues to consider Petro Poroshenko’s claim to overturn the illegal decree imposing sanctions. Representatives of diplomatic missions, journalists, and members of parliament are present at the court hearing.

The previous court hearing was held behind closed doors. The panel of judges reviewed documents marked “for official use only,” which served as the basis for the National Security and Defense Council’s decision.

As lawyer Ilya Novikov reported, the documents contain no adequate explanation as to why the authorities felt the need to urgently impose sanctions against the fifth President within a matter of hours. Furthermore, he noted, some of the documents provided by the defendants were falsified. In the closed portion of the court hearing, government representatives also stated that the sanctions against Poroshenko were imposed for educational purposes.

It was previously revealed during the case’s consideration that some of 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.

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.”

As attorney Ihor Golovan previously reported, 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.