““I have the status of a witness. Even law enforcement officers will find it quite difficult to “wrangle” some other status there. Let’s see how the situation will develop””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Today I was at the first interrogation. I don’t know, most likely, he may be the last. Because, although I cannot disclose the essence of the questions that were asked to me, it is absolutely clear from these questions that the grounds for my search were, to put it mildly, a little far-fetched,” Kudrytskyi said on the air of the Svoboda Live program.
As Ukrainian media reported with reference to their sources, the case concerns possible abuse of official position and appropriation of funds of a state company. It is about the artificial overestimation of the volume of forest cutting and the cost of contract works during the construction of energy highways on the order of Ukrenergo. At the same time, Kudrytsky noted that it is about the events of 2025, when he no longer worked for the company.
“When you are asked the question: “Tell me, do you know the circumstances of the felling of trees there in the 25th year?”. So I haven’t worked there for more than a year.
“Well, you probably don’t remember then.” This is roughly the dialogue,” he said.
“I have the status of a witness. Even law enforcement officers will find it quite difficult to “wrangle” some other status there. Let’s see how the situation will develop”
RFE/RL has asked the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine to comment on whether the SBI confirms the fact of conducting investigative actions (searches) against Volodymyr Kudrytskyi and within the framework of which criminal proceedings they took place. As of the time of the release of the news, there was no response from the SBI.
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.
Read also: Kudrytskyi said that his dismissal from the position of the head of Ukrenergo was not related to the protection of substations
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.
After that, the chairman of the supervisory board of Ukrenergo, Daniel Dobbeni, and the member of the supervisory board, Peder Andersen, submitted applications for early termination of powers and stated that “the decision to prematurely dismiss the head of Ukrenergo is politically motivated and, according to the results of the presented report, there are no valid grounds for it.”
Earlier, the Ukrainian mass media, citing sources, wrote that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting of the Stavka appealed to the chairman of the board of Ukrenergo with a demand to write a statement of resignation due to the alleged poor protection of Ukrenergo facilities. Kudrytsky wrote on his Facebook that his dismissal was not related to the protection of objects.