Poroshenko hands over new batch of equipment to AFU, says property division with wife needed precisely for this

Ukrainian MP and European Solidarity leader Petro Poroshenko said he had been forced to carry out a property division procedure with his wife Maryna in order to continue providing assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the sanctions imposed on him.

"Because of the blocked accounts, we were faced with the question of what to do about the ongoing assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In order for the funding not to stop completely, we had to find a solution. And we found it. If previously my Maryna Poroshenko helped me support the Armed Forces, now it is the other way around: I am helping Maryna. We managed to free up part of the accounts, which Maryna will now manage. It was with these funds that we purchased the next aid shipment," Poroshenko said on Facebook on Friday.

He reported a meeting with servicemen from 12 brigades of different service branches, to whom he handed over military equipment.

"It includes ten quad bikes for assaults. And sawmills for building fortifications. And electronic warfare systems to protect the lives of Ukrainian servicemen. And DAF trucks of various modifications to transport large cargoes and personnel," the politician said, illustrating the post with photographs of the equipment.

According to Poroshenko, over four years of the full-scale war he has handed over 500 DAF, Tatra and MAN trucks, as well as artillery tractors, to the military.

As reported, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decree of February 12, 2025 imposed sanctions on Poroshenko. These include asset blocking: temporary deprivation of the right to use and dispose of assets belonging to a natural or legal person, as well as assets with respect to which such a person may directly or indirectly (through other natural or legal persons) take actions identical in substance to exercising the right to dispose of them; and suspension of the fulfillment of economic and financial obligations.

Poroshenko appealed these sanctions to the Supreme Court of Ukraine. At the first hearing on April 17, Ukraine’s fifth president said the sanctions imposed on him were "preventive in nature." Poroshenko and his representatives insist the sanctions were imposed unlawfully.

On March 27, 2025, Maryna Poroshenko filed a lawsuit seeking division of the spouses’ property. "Since this dispute is of a property nature with a claim value of UAH 17.103 billion, which exceeds 250 times the subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons, this case is subject to consideration under the rules of general claim proceedings in a court hearing with notification (summons) of the parties," the court ruling of March 28 of the same year said.

On April 22, 2026, the politician’s wife won the appeal proceedings in the case on division of marital property, with Vinnytsia Court of Appeals granting the relevant complaint filed by her representative.

In particular, the court recognized Maryna Poroshenko’s right to personal private ownership of property worth UAH 8.534 billion, including 8,190 shares in PJSC Prime Assets Capital with a book value of UAH 8.3 billion. Petro Poroshenko, in turn, was recognized as the owner of a number of assets with the same total value of UAH 8.534 billion, including vehicles, 46 paintings, UAH 3.19 billion in cash, as well as unpaid profit of Cikvent (Schweiz) AG (former name Rothschild Trust (Schweiz) AG) amounting to UAH 833 million.

The political force said the property division lawsuit was a joint defense tactic by the spouses against attempts to block the European Solidarity leader’s ability to finance aid to the Armed Forces and political activities.

"Since Zelenskyy’s sanctions decree prohibits Petro Poroshenko from carrying out any legal transactions, including even paying taxes, the only way to unblock financing of the Poroshenko Charitable Foundation is through a relevant court decision. Petro and Maryna Poroshenko informed the court that there is no dispute between them regarding the terms of the division, so the court has no grounds not to satisfy the claim," the statement reads.