In Mykolaiv region, a farmer rented over 150 hectares of land in the Novoodeska community for ponds and hydraulic structures for fish farming. 

However, prosecutors established that the enterprise was using the rented land for purposes other than intended. Both water bodies were drained and were annually sown with sunflowers and wheat. 

Since the improper use of land contradicts the terms of the contract and the requirements of land and water legislation, as well as leads to negative environmental consequences, the prosecutor filed a lawsuit in court to terminate the lease agreement and return the disputed plots. 

The claims were fully satisfied by the appellate court. 

In the cassation appeal, the defendant insisted that they were conducting "draining" of the ponds – a reclamation measure that involves temporarily draining water bodies for disinfection, leveling the bottom, removing excess vegetation, etc. However, the Supreme Court agreed with the position of the Office of the Prosecutor General that the systematic and long-term actions of the defendant (at least since 2019) indicate the use of the rented land specifically for growing agricultural crops, rather than for fish farming. 

On December 2, 2025, the Supreme Court dismissed the defendant's cassation appeal and upheld the court decision to satisfy the prosecutor's claim.