Cabaret in Ukraine

Ukraine penalises the person who sells sex with an administrative sanction: under Article 181-1 of the Code on Administrative Offences, engaging in prostitution is punishable by a warning or a fine of 5 to 10 non-taxable minimum incomes, rising to 8 to 15 for a repeat within a year. Buying sex is not an offence. The Criminal Code punishes creating or maintaining places of debauchery and pandering (Article 302; fines or restriction of liberty, up to five years' imprisonment where done for gain or by an organised group) and pimping or drawing a person into prostitution by deception, blackmail, exploiting vulnerability or violence (Article 303; three to five years, more in aggravated cases). Article 302 was last amended in 2023. No provision names adverts for sexual services, but the Law on Advertising bans adverts that may cause a breach of the law. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/ukraine/, reviewed 2026-11-03, CC BY 4.0.