Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations (ERP)
The Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations (URPI) is a state-run automated electronic database that records information about criminal proceedings and pre-trial investigations in Ukraine. It is maintained by the State Bureau of Investigations (DBR) and was introduced in 2012 with the entry into force of the new Criminal Procedure Code, replacing the previous paper-based system. Registration in the URPI is a mandatory step to start a pre-trial investigation, and its data is used by law enforcement agencies, courts and defense lawyers to verify the legal status of criminal cases.
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Anti-Corruption Center says Ukrainian investigators knew of alleged crimes in Skelia regiment since March
Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Center (ЦПК) has alleged that the State Bureau of Investigation (ДБР) may have known since at least March 2026 about alleged crimes in the 425th Separate Assault Regiment "Skelia" but failed to open pretrial investigations until after a Babel media investigation was published in June. According to ЦПК, the Office of the Military Ombudsman sent eight letters to the ДБР and the Office of the Prosecutor General between March and June 2026 describing possible offenses including torture, physical violence and failure to provide medical aid resulting in death; in six of those cases the ДБР declined to open pretrial investigations, citing insufficient grounds.