The key facts

  • Grigory Leps has been added to the GUR of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense database on the War&Sanctions portal
  • The GUR cited support for the policies of the Russian authorities and performances before the military as grounds
  • Earlier, in March 2025, the SBU charged Leps in absentia and placed him on a wanted list

The singer has been added to the Ukrainian intelligence database

Russian singer Grigory Leps has ended up in the database of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense — he was included in the list on the War&Sanctions portal. This was reported by Life.ru. Ukrainian intelligence cited as grounds his public support for Russia, the artist's participation in patriotic events, his support for the policies of the Russian authorities, as well as concerts in Crimea and Donbas and performances before Russian servicemen.

What exactly the artist is accused of

The authors of the database paid particular attention to Leps's initiative to pay Russian servicemen monetary rewards for destroying Western tanks supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces: in 2023, the artist, together with other show business figures, proposed paying up to a million rubles for a destroyed Leopard.

The claims are not the first

This is not the first time Ukrainian intelligence services have made claims against the performer. Back in March 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine charged Leps in absentia under articles on financing actions aimed at changing state borders and seizing power, as well as justifying Russia's actions. According to Ukrainian authorities, the singer had been in the SBU's wanted database since March 4, 2025.

Context

Being added to the War&Sanctions database is not a new criminal case: it is a public list maintained by the GUR, whereas the measures previously taken against Leps — the in-absentia charges and the wanted notice — were formalized by the SBU back in March 2025. Thus, the new report records an expansion of the public lists of Ukrainian agencies, not the appearance of previously unstated accusations. All information in the publication comes from Life.ru citing the Ukrainian side; there is no independent confirmation or position from the artist himself in the available materials.