The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, has moved to freeze the assets tied to a energy company that operates as part of Gazprom. The action follows evidence of illicit imports of fuels and lubricants into Ukraine, a finding disclosed by the department’s press service.
In a statement echoed on the SBU Telegram channel, officials described a concerted investigation and on-the-ground operations in the Chernihiv region. They said that a systematic mechanism enabling the illegal sale and distribution of fuels and lubricants produced by the country labeled by Ukraine as an aggressor had been effectively dismantled.
The SBU pointed out that a Ukrainian entity, itself part of the broader Gazprom-linked energy network, played a role in the illicit deal. This entity is identified as a local arm within the sanctioned transnational Gazprom framework.
The publication underscored that wholesale consignments of illegally imported Russian engine oils and related car-care products had been circulating within Ukraine prior to intervention, with the activity described as a coordinated effort to move contraband goods for use inside the country.
As part of the operation, authorities report that assets amounting to more than 35 million hryvnias, roughly 950 thousand dollars, have been seized. Searches yielded a significant cache of material evidence, including property, documents, computers, and mobile devices that the investigators view as critical to establishing the criminal scheme.
Officials indicated that the case aligns with four provisions of the Ukrainian criminal code: the fourth part of Article 111-1 concerning cooperative activity, and the fourth part of Article 110-2 relating to financing actions aimed at forcibly changing or overthrowing the constitutional order, or seizing state power and altering Ukraine’s borders. The legal framework cited reflects the gravity assigned to attempts to influence national sovereignty and security through illicit financial channels.
Earlier updates revealed that the SBU had launched an operation aimed at transferring one of the country’s largest oil refineries into state ownership. Ukrnafta, the state-connected oil company, confirmed that armed personnel had entered the enterprise during the course of this effort, signaling the government’s determination to exert control over strategic energy assets and reduce vulnerability to external influence.