Detective of NABU's closed unit D-2 Viktor Husarov left the proceedings without a verdict — but also without vindication. On June 4, 2026, the Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv granted the prosecutor's request to release him from criminal liability due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. Husarov admitted guilt under Article 362 of the Criminal Code — unauthorized actions with information in computer systems. But this is not exoneration.
"The case was closed not due to the absence of a criminal event, not due to the prosecutor's refusal to prosecute, and not due to the failure to prove the fact of unauthorized actions"
Mariana Hayovska-Kovbasiuk, head of the information policy department of the PGO
What he allegedly transmitted and to whom, according to the SBU
In 2012–2015, while still serving in the Ministry of Internal Affairs — before joining NABU — Husarov sent data from closed databases via email: identifying information about Ukrainian law enforcement officers and citizens. The recipient was Dmytro Ivantsov — former deputy head of security for President Yanukovych, who personally organized his escape to Russia in February 2014.
After the annexation of Crimea, Ivantsov remained on the peninsula, sided with the occupiers, and according to the SBU, has worked for Russia's Federal Security Service since 2020. The SBU documented at least 60 episodes of information leaks. According to investigators, the detective received payment to a bank card; during searches at his residence, police seized a phone and equipment he used for contacts with his handler.
Why treason is not treason
The key article — 111 of the Criminal Code (state treason) — requires proving membership in an enemy intelligence network. The prosecutor publicly acknowledged: confirming this fact failed. Instead, Article 362, which Husarov did admit to, provides for a statute of limitations expiring in five to ten years depending on severity. The acts were dated 2012–2015 — meaning the legal clock stopped long before the verdict.
- March 13, 2026 — prosecutor filed a request to close the case due to statute of limitations
- June 4, 2026 — court granted the request
- Five months (from July 22, 2025) Husarov spent in pre-trial detention until the preventive measure was changed to house arrest in December 2025
Context: the case emerged during an attack on NABU
Husarov's arrest occurred on July 21–22, 2025 — during an attempt to subordinate NABU and the SAP to the Office of the Prosecutor General. That day, the SBU and PGO conducted approximately 80 searches of at least 19 detectives in several regions of Ukraine. Husarov's defense argued from the outset: the arrest is a tool to pressure the anti-corruption bureau, not a genuine investigation. Closure of proceedings due to statute of limitations neither refutes nor confirms this version — it simply leaves it in a state of suspension.
If the SBU truly had 60 documented episodes of Husarov's contact with someone who eventually ended up in Russia's FSO, the question is not whether a crime occurred, but why proceedings were opened only when NABU became inconvenient: will there be a public answer to it before the case is finally sent to the archives?
