13 October 2026
(PHOTO: Intent)
On October 13, the Primorsky District Court of Odesa dismissed a complaint in which the petitioner demanded that the prosecutor’s office open an investigation into possible violations by Oleg Kipper, head of the Odesa Regional State Administration, and his family.
This became known during a hearing attended by an Intenta photojournalist.
The petitioner is Vadym Shipulin, a veteran and director of the “Military Odesa” trade union, part of the All-Ukrainian Trade Union of Military Personnel and Combatants. He did not attend the hearing.
According to his attorney, Irina Vladimirovna Kuprina, Shipulin had planned to be in court but was unable to attend due to other commitments. She represented the petitioner’s interests in court.
Kuprina explained that the complaint concerned the inaction of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
The essence of the case was that the petitioner had filed a complaint against the unlawful actions of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office regarding the failure to enter information into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations; instead of entering this information within 24 hours, the complaint was forwarded to another agency, the Military Prosecutor’s Office. “And it was precisely this decision that was being challenged,” Kuprina said.
The full text of the ruling was not read aloud during the hearing, so the attorney has not yet read it. She speculated on why the court denied the appeal.
“I think that, based on the questions the court raised during the hearing, the court most likely denied the appeal because, in essence, the response was provided not by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office but by the Military Prosecutor’s Office,” she noted.
The attorney also reported that the petitioner’s side plans to appeal the ruling.
During the hearing, a representative of the prosecutor’s office stated that Vadym Shipulin’s petition had been reviewed and that a response had been provided in a letter dated June 6, 2026.
According to him, the materials were forwarded to the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Defense Affairs of the Southern Region to verify the arguments presented. He also noted that the petitioner had not provided evidence of improper consideration of the petition by that body.
Earlier, Maksym Zhivanov, deputy head of the trade union in the Odesa region, said that the organization had filed a lawsuit after the prosecutor’s office failed to enter the relevant information into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations (URPI). According to him, the court of first instance did not order the prosecutor’s office to enter this information into the register; however, the appellate court ruled that the complaint should be reconsidered.
The case involves allegations of possible offenses committed by Chairman Kipper and his family, including possible treason and illicit enrichment. The union is demanding that law enforcement agencies investigate reports that the official’s wife may hold a Russian passport and may be conducting business in Russia.
Ірина Глухова