“For the former head of the energy company “Ukrenergo” Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, a deposit of almost 14 million hryvnias was made. Suspilne and RBC-Ukraine report this with reference to their own sources. Procedures are currently underway, after which Kudrytskyi will be released from the pretrial detention center in a few hours. On October 29, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv took into custody Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, who is suspected of fraudulently seizing the funds of a state-owned enterprise. The preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen until December 26. The court also set him a bail of 13.7 million hryvnias. Kudrytsky calls the suspicion “absurd and unfounded.” The day before, it became known about the detention of Volodymyr Kudrytskyi by the SBI officers. According to the SBI, in 2018, during tenders for the reconstruction of the external fencing of the substations of the Southern and Western power systems, an official of the state enterprise entered into a conspiracy with representatives of a private company, at that time he held the position of deputy director for investments of the SE “NEC “Ukrenergo”. The bureau claims that two contracts worth more than UAH 68 million were concluded as a result of the procurement, then the state enterprise transferred to the contractor more than UAH 13.7 million in advance payments, which, according to the SBI, were appropriated by the accomplices without the intention of fulfilling their obligations. The former chairman of the board of “Ukrenergo” was informed of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in part 4 of Article 190 (fraud perpetrated by a group of persons with a prior conspiracy, in particularly large amounts) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Read also: Kudrytskyi said that his dismissal from the position of the head of Ukrenergo is not related to the protection of substations. On October 21, it became known that employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) are conducting a search of Kudrytskyi. According to the media, searches also took place in “Ukrenergo” and organizations that may be involved in the illegal scheme of acquiring funds during the construction of electric highways. Later, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said in a commentary on Radio Liberty that his status in the criminal proceedings is a witness. According to him, the case concerns the events of 2025, when he no longer worked for the company. In September of last year, the majority of members of the supervisory board decided to prematurely terminate the powers of the head of Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi. He stated that a campaign to discredit Ukrenergo was launched in anonymous telegram channels and some mass media.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Procedures are currently underway, after which Kudrytskyi will be released from the pretrial detention center in a few hours.
On October 29, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv took into custody Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, who is suspected of fraudulently seizing the funds of a state-owned enterprise. The preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen until December 26. The court also set him a bail of 13.7 million hryvnias.
Kudrytsky calls the suspicion “absurd and unfounded.”
The day before, it became known about the detention of Volodymyr Kudrytskyi by the SBI officers.
According to the SBI, in 2018, during tenders for the reconstruction of the external fencing of the substations of the Southern and Western power systems, an official of the state enterprise entered into a conspiracy with representatives of a private company, at that time he held the position of deputy director for investments of the SE “NEC “Ukrenergo”. The bureau claims that two contracts worth more than UAH 68 million were concluded as a result of the procurement, then the state enterprise transferred to the contractor more than UAH 13.7 million in advance payments, which, according to the SBI, were appropriated by the accomplices without the intention of fulfilling their obligations.
The former chairman of the board of “Ukrenergo” was informed of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in part 4 of Article 190 (fraud perpetrated by a group of persons with a prior conspiracy, in particularly large amounts) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Read also: Kudrytskyi said that his dismissal from the position of the head of Ukrenergo was not related to the protection of substations
On October 21, it became known that employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) are conducting a search of Kudrytsy. According to the media, searches also took place in “Ukrenergo” and organizations that may be involved in the illegal scheme of acquiring funds during the construction of electric highways.
Later, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said in a commentary on Radio Liberty that his status in the criminal proceedings is a witness. According to him, the case concerns the events of 2025, when he no longer worked for the company.
In September of last year, the majority of members of the supervisory board decided to prematurely terminate the powers of the head of Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi. He stated that a campaign to discredit Ukrenergo was launched in anonymous telegram channels and some mass media.
