Ukrainian Domestic — 2026-10-12

Ukraine Prosecutor General Office Fires Eight in Operation Carthage Anti-Corruption Probe as Former Chief Kravchenko Departure Investigated

BLUFKovalskyi's administrative purge channels accountability away from criminal prosecution, and NABU or SAPO is unlikely to serve an additional notice of suspicion on a PGO official in the Carthage case by November 12.

Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalskyi announced on Facebook that his office dismissed eight people named in connection with Operation Carthage, seven of them from the Prosecutor General's Office, and that 24 prosecutors took polygraph tests 12. NABU and SAPO allege a PGO official formed a criminal organization in mid-2025 that took bribes to leave scam call centers alone, per Euromaidan Press 2. Kovalskyi said internal reviews of former deputy department head Aidyn Khudiiev and Serhii Kropyva are complete or underway, with both posts abolished, and the cybersecurity directorate was abolished 1. He also opened an internal probe into predecessor Ruslan Kravchenko's trip abroad, which Ukrainska Pravda, as relayed by Euromaidan Press, said began with his departure in an official car on the night of September 13-14 12.

Analysis
NABU or SAPO is unlikely to serve a notice of suspicion on another current or former Prosecutor General's Office official in the Carthage case by November 12. Confidence is moderate: the reporting is consistent but traces to a single official statement from Kovalskyi, relayed by secondary outlets, and shows no pending charging decisions. The office has shifted from Kravchenko's attempt to charge NABU's director to purging its own ranks, which moves disciplinary action ahead of criminal action. The Qualification and Disciplinary Commission can remove officials without any court filing. The dismissals may instead be a pre-emptive cleanup that shrinks the pool NABU can charge. Court disclosures on Khudiiev's $50,000 seizure and the Kravchenko trip review would signal wider charges, and new notices would push Western donors toward external vetting rather than crediting the internal audit.

4 sources