The ex-deputy head of social policy will be put on trial due to alleged service dereliction. He stands accused of inking a deal worth 23.7 million UAH for the “E-social” platform, which was ultimately never implemented.
The former Vice-Minister of Social Policy will face trial in connection with a UAH 23.7 million accord for the “E-social” scheme, which never commenced functioning, as communicated by the General Prosecutor’s Office, UNN reports.
Prosecutors hailing from the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office have dispatched an accusation to the court regarding the one-time Vice-Minister of Social Policy, who presently holds the position of advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy.
– the prosecutor’s office revealed.
The prior deputy minister was served with a notice of suspicion back in November 2025. He faces allegations of official neglect, resulting in grave ramifications (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, as amended until 07/01/2020).
In November 2025, informants shared with UNN that the individual in question was Mykola Shambir, who was removed from his role as Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine in September 2019.
The heart of the matter
It has been ascertained that in 2018, the ministry and a group of four firms ratified an agreement to produce “E-social” software – a standardized system for data on social disbursements, allowances, and subsidies.
In the period spanning 2018-2019, the creator received close to UAH 23.7 million. “Nevertheless, the software solution failed to fulfill legal stipulations, remained deficient, and the system was never activated,” the prosecutor’s office stated.
The arrangement was rescinded in 2021. In 2024, the determination from the State Audit Service of Ukraine corroborated that the contract was entered into with transgressions, which ought to have served as grounds for dismissing the consortium’s bid during the bidding phase.
The judiciary’s economic review substantiated financial detriments to the government totaling nearly 23.7 million UAH. The financing for the initiative was furnished by the World Bank as part of the project aimed at modernizing Ukraine’s populace’s social assistance structure. Ukraine is obligated to repay these funds, complete with interest charges.