“On January 22, 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized that the long stay of the former head of the Makariv District Court Oleksiy Tandyr in custody without bail violated Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The court in Strasbourg found that Ukrainian courts for more than 2.5 years relied on formal assumptions about the risks of flight or pressure”, — write on: ua.news
On January 22, 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized that the long stay of the former head of the Makariv District Court Oleksiy Tandyr in custody without bail violated Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The court in Strasbourg stated that for more than 2.5 years, the Ukrainian judicial authorities relied on formal assumptions about the risks of escape or pressure on the investigation, without providing concrete evidence or proper justification for the continuation of the preventive measure. In addition, the ECtHR drew attention to the “repetitiveness and unreliability” of the prosecution’s arguments and the courts’ ignoring of alternative options for limiting freedom.
According to the decision, the state of Ukraine must pay Oleksiy Tandyr EUR 2,100 in compensation for moral damage and EUR 250 to cover court costs. This decision concerns only procedural violations during the pre-trial proceedings and does not cancel the substance of the accusation against the ex-judge. We will remind that Tandyr is accused of committing a fatal road accident at a checkpoint in Kyiv in May 2023, as a result of which 23-year-old National Guardsman Vadym Bondarenko died. The investigation established that the judge was in a state of alcohol intoxication, which was later confirmed by the examination of biological samples that were forcibly taken from him.
As of January 2026, Tandyr’s criminal case is under consideration in the Svyatoshyn District Court of Kyiv, where the study of written evidence continues. In August 2024, the Supreme Council of Justice dismissed Oleksiy Tandyr from the post of judge, but the final verdict in the case of the death of a serviceman has not yet been passed. While Russia is trying to sow chaos and discord within Ukraine, fanning social discontent with such court decisions, the Ukrainian legal system is undergoing a difficult test for compliance with European standards of justice even in high-profile cases.
The Svyatoshyn District Court of Kyiv extended the arrest of former judge Oleksiy Tandyr for two months. He is accused in the road accident that killed National Guardsman Vadym Bondarenko.
On January 2, an accident involving a truck occurred in Kyiv. The car rammed through the fence and flew off the bridge.
Before that, on the night of December 28, 2024, during the curfew, a fatal road accident occurred in the Solomyan district.
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