In Cherkasy region, prosecutors arrested four helicopters and two planes of Crimean businessmen involved in financing Russia’s war against Ukraine. This was reported by Kommersant Ukrainian 
with reference to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
In February 2024, nine Ukrainian entrepreneurs registered in Crimea were notified of being suspected. They are engaged in recreational and agricultural businesses.
In order to block the movable assets and prevent their re-registration to shell companies to avoid further confiscation of property, helicopters and aircraft belonging to the company were seized at the request of the prosecutor. These are 4 Mi-2 (MiI-2) and 2 Antonov-2 aircraft.
The property and corporate rights of the entrepreneurs worth over UAH 35 million were also seized.
The suspects are charged with financing actions taken to change the boundaries of the territory and state border of Ukraine in violation of the procedure established by the Constitution of Ukraine (Part 3 of Article 110-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that after the annexation of the peninsula, these business entities re-registered their companies in accordance with the requirements of Russian legislation. Currently, they conduct their business activities from Russia and pay taxes, financing the aggressor country.