According to the results of 2024, PJSC Firm Fundament (Kyiv) received a net loss of UAH 19.2 million, compared to a net profit of UAH 86,000 in 2023.
According to the company’s report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine (NSSMC), its net income grew by 50.8% compared to the previous year and reached UAH 69.6 million. The company’s gross profit grew by 52.6% and amounted to UAH 8.2 million.
The company’s retained earnings during 2024 decreased by 30.8% to UAH 44.2 million. Current liabilities decreased by 12.5% compared to 2023 – UAH 50.1 million, and long-term liabilities by 36% – to UAH 3.6 million.
The total assets of PJSC “Firma ”Fundament” decreased by 22.2% in 2024, to UAH 102.7 million.
As noted in the company’s annual report, in 2024, the production of concrete products for defense purposes was organized on the territory of the production and technical base. The main types of income for the company are also income from the installation of pile foundations, general construction works, and engineering services (general contracting services).
The main consumers of the company’s services are developers in Kyiv: DBK Fundament Stolitsa Group LLC, Poznyakizhylbud, and Saga Development. The main consumers of concrete products are defense industry structures.
According to the report, in 2024, the number of employees decreased from 163 to 145. The company cites the shutdown of construction projects and mobilization into the ranks of the Defense Forces as one of the main reasons for the staff turnover. Since 2021, the number of employees has halved.
According to the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, as of the first quarter of 2025, the shareholders of PrJSC “Firma ”Fundament” are Oleksandr Yarosh (46.8%) and Dmytro Alekseev (45.8%).
PJSC “Firma ‘Fundament’ is part of the ”Fundament” construction group.
A person’s religious or other beliefs are not grounds for exempting them from criminal liability for evading mobilization, according to the Supreme Court.
“Ukrainian legislation does not provide for exemption from the obligation to perform military service upon mobilization based on religious or other beliefs,” the Supreme Court said in a statement on its website on Monday.
The statement notes: “Such beliefs cannot be grounds for exempting a person from criminal liability in the event of evading mobilization within the meaning of Article 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.”
This conclusion was reached by the Joint Chamber of the Cassation Criminal Court within the Supreme Court following the consideration of case No. 573/838/24.
The Court informs that, based on the circumstances of the criminal proceedings, the courts of previous instances found the defendant guilty and convicted him under Article 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine for the fact that, being fit for military service due to his state of health, he failed to appear at the Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support (TCSPS) for referral to a military unit for the purpose of performing military service.
“In the cassation appeal, the defense attorney noted that the defendant had grounds for conscientious objection to military service, since such refusal was based on his sincere religious beliefs, incompatible with the performance of any military service, including non-armed service, as well as on his membership in the religious organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose doctrine categorically excludes the possibility of such service,” the statement said.
According to the Supreme Court, in assessing the cassation claims, the Joint Chamber noted that conscription may entail the performance of non-combat military duties that do not require the carrying and use of weapons (repair of equipment, evacuation of the wounded, construction of fortifications, etc.).
“The Joint Chamber recognized that the impossibility of refusing military service on the basis of conscience, as established by law, means that such a restriction must be applied in proportion to the objective pursued, even when defending the Fatherland from aggression,” the Court explained.
Thus, as noted in the statement, “conscription into military service does not automatically cancel the right to conscientious objection to carrying or using weapons.”
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At least 7.3 thousand criminal cases have been suspended due to the defendant’s conscription into the army since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the court registry search engine Babusya. Thus, this year, more than 1,900 cases have been suspended due to the mobilization of the accused. This is almost as many as for the whole of 2023. The largest number of such cases this year is in Kyiv, Lviv, and Dnipro regions.
At least 7,312 criminal proceedings have been suspended due to the mobilization of the accused into the Armed Forces since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. This legal mechanism appeared in 2022, when the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine was amended, and since then it has been actively used by the courts.
The number of such suspensions is growing from year to year. For example, 858 cases were suspended in the first year of the full-scale program, and the number of such cases has only increased every year. The record year was 2024, when 2,406 cases were stopped where the accused joined the Armed Forces. This year, there are already 1973 suspended cases.
Most of the decisions to suspend cases due to mobilization were made in Kyiv region – 617. The second place is occupied by Lviv region (582), and the third place is occupied by Dnipropetrovs’k region (559).
It should be understood that the suspension of proceedings is not the same as automatic exemption from liability. However, in fact, the case is postponed indefinitely. This creates an opportunity for abuse – especially in high-profile corruption cases or when it comes to rear-guard positions where participation in hostilities is not required.
That is why the Verkhovna Rada has registered draft law No. 13284, which proposes to amend the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code regarding the specifics of prosecuting persons called up for military service. In particular, it provides for the possibility of continuing pre-trial investigation and trial of cases on certain categories of crimes, even despite the mobilization of the accused.
The new draft law should also reduce opportunities for abuse of mobilization: the suspension of proceedings should be clearly limited to cases of direct participation of the accused in defense measures, confirmed by a combat order (instruction) issued by the commander of a military unit or subdivision.
“Currently, there is obviously a lack of a mechanism to appeal the suspension of proceedings and resume the proceedings in cases where the court or a party abuses its right. Of course, mobilization should not become a circumstance that offsets the fundamental principles of criminal procedure, in particular, the implementation of the principle of access to justice, competition and inevitability of punishment. However, we should also think about a person who, risking his life, wants to at least whitewash his reputation, but is unable to defend himself in court while at war,” comments Tetiana Popovska, senior associate at Asters.
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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has registered in the Verkhovna Rada bills “On extending martial law in Ukraine” and “On extending the period of general mobilization.”
The cards of bills No. 9259 and No. 9260 appeared on the parliament’s website on Monday evening.
The texts of the documents have not yet been made public.
As reported, Golos faction member Yaroslav Zheleznyak indicated that martial law and mobilization in Ukraine will probably be extended for 90 days – from May 19, 2023 to mid-August.
Earlier, on February 7, the Rada extended martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for another 90 days (from February 19, 2023).
