On May 26, 2022, the press service of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine announced that the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal, which is located in the city of Lviv (western Ukraine), will begin to consider court cases to ban the activities of ALL left and several opposition political parties.

The Justice Department filed lawsuits to ban the following parties:

- Union of Left Forces
- Opposition bloc
- Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine
- Socialists
- Left Opposition
- "Our"
- "Derzhava"
- "Justice and development"
- Shariy Party
- Block Vladimir Saldo.

A lawsuit to ban the Opposition Platform for Life (OPFL) party, which had the second largest faction in parliament.

The leader of the Opposition Platform for Life, Viktor Medvedchuk, and some of its members were arrested, the faction was dissolved.

The leaders of the left party "Derzhava" are hiding, members of some other parties from the above list have been arrested.

The activity of the Communist Party of Ukraine was banned by law back in 2015.

The Lviv court will consider claims for a ban

Opposition bloc - June 8 at 14:00;

OPFL - June 16 at 10-00;

Left Opposition - June 16 at 12-00;

Shariy Party - June 16 at 14-00.

There is no doubt that in the conditions of the “patriotic” and militaristic hysteria prevailing in Ukraine, and in the conditions of pressure on the court, all the named parties will be banned within a month, as prescribed by the law recently adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the ban on “pro-Russian” parties.

Appeals, if any, will be considered by the Supreme Court of Ukraine. His decision will be final.

On March 20, 2022, Zelensky by his decree banned the activities of all left-wing parties in Ukraine for the duration of martial law.

On May 14, 2022, Zelensky signed a law that greatly simplifies the procedure for banning parties. In accordance with this law, the Lviv court will begin to consider the claims of the Ministry of Justice to ban opposition associations.

There is no doubt that the Ministry of Justice will still file lawsuits to ban opposition parties.