Andriy Sadovyi’s “Unbroken”: international millions, closed reporting, suspicions of corruption with prostheses, and “golden” benches for 141 thousand. UAH
April 8, 2026
The Lviv City Council has lost all court instances in the case of the petition of no confidence against Mayor Andriy Sadovyi. On March 24, 2026, the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal finally rejected the city council’s appeal, and it is now obliged to register the petition and publish it on the official website with the possibility of collecting signatures.
How it started
On February 11, 2025, Lviv lawyer Andriy Petryshyn filed a petition with a telling title with the City Council: “Petition (demand) for a motion of no confidence and early termination of the powers of Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi”.
The response of Sadovyi’s team was predictable – the department of the Council Secretariat refused to register and publish the petition. The lawyer appealed this decision in court.
Loss after loss
On April 28, 2025, the Lviv District Administrative Court ruled that the city council’s actions were unlawful and ordered the petition to be registered and made public with the possibility of collecting votes.
The city council appealed and lost again. On November 6, 2025, the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal upheld the decision. The city council then appealed to the Supreme Court twice and was denied permission to open cassation proceedings twice.
Even a technical error was used as an excuse to delay the case
After the decision came into force, a technical error was discovered: the writ of execution contained the wrong EDRPOU code – the code of the executive committee instead of the code of the city council. In January 2026, the court corrected this inaccuracy.
However, the Secretariat of the Council challenged even this, arguing that the court allegedly has no right to correct errors after the decision has entered into force. The Court of Appeal rejected this argument as well, explaining that correcting a typo does not change the content of a decision, but only removes an obstacle to its enforcement.
The decision is final and not subject to cassation appeal.
What’s next?
The city council is now obliged to register the petition and post it on its official website. If the petition receives 500 votes of support, the city council will be obliged to consider it in accordance with the current procedure and either support it or officially reject it with an explanation.
Electronic petitions in Lviv have been in effect since February 22, 2016. However, in this case, Sadovyi’s team did everything possible to prevent Lviv residents from even having a chance to vote – and was defeated in every court instance.
