“In the state institution “National Military Memorial Cemetery” against the background of information about “fake reservation” from the mobilization of the co-host of the YouTube channel “Iceland” Volodymyr Petrov and the official investigation in this regard, they stated that personnel decisions in the institution are made by the head without the approval of the Ministry of Veterans.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: NVMK statement on Facebook
Literally: “Personnel decisions regarding the admission of employees to the staff of the state institution “National Military Memorial Cemetery” are adopted by the head of the institution within the limits of the powers granted to him and do not require separate approval from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine.
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Details: The institution also reported that the media and other interested parties can address “the head of the state institution, as well as the department for communications and information technologies, in particular with official requests related to the exercise of personnel powers, in the manner determined by the legislation of Ukraine.”
NVMK added that the institution is “always open to professional and constructive dialogue.”
Prehistory:
- On January 12, People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak published the materialin which he stated that the co-hosts of the YouTube channel “Iceland” Volodymyr Petrov and Serhii Ivanov received bookings from mobilization. According to the deputy, Petrov has been working at the state institution “National Military Memorial Cemetery” since July 31, 2025 and has a corresponding booking from mobilization until January 21, 2026.
- On January 15, the Verkhovna Rada made a second attempt caused to the Minister of Veterans’ Affairs Nataliya Kalmykova for a report on the issue of bookings from mobilization at the National Military Memorial Cemetery (NVMK).
- On January 16, Kalmykova reported that the Ministry of Veterans had started official investigation according to information about reservations from mobilization at the National Military Memorial Cemetery.
- On the same day in NVMK confirmedthat political technologist Volodymyr Petrov works in the institution.
We will remind:
In the first month, 108 defenders were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery – 11 identified and 97 whose names remain unknown.
The first known soldier who was buried at the NVMK was a soldier with the rank of chief sergeant Viktor Klymchuk with the call sign “Highlander”.
Know more: What’s wrong with the National War Memorial?