UP found out who paid more than UAH 33 million in bail for Tymoshenko

YULIYA TYMOSHENKO IN VAKS ON JANUARY 16. ILLUSTRATION PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

According to the source of “Ukrainian Pravda”, nine people paid the full amount of bail for the leader of “Batkivshchyna” Yulia Tymoshenko, who is suspected of offering bribes to people’s deputies.

Source: the source of UP in law enforcement agencies

Details: The total amount of the deposit was 33,280,000 hryvnias. Among those who transferred funds, – people’s deputy from “Batkivshchyna” Kostyantyn Bondarev, as well as donors connected with his business and party circle.

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UAH 3,220,000 contributed Lilia Vitaliivna Zykova. She is a FOP from Vyshhorod. Its main activity – research of the market situation and identification of public opinion. According to open data, she previously worked at the company “Altana Investment Management” associated with Oleksandr Yanukovych.

UAH 3,850,000 contributed Olena Mykolayivna Bondarenko. According to open data, in 2025 she made financial contributions to the account of the Batkivshchyna party.

4,380,000 UAH listed Evgeny Vasyliovych Zykov. He is described as a Soviet and Ukrainian boxer and former head of the Mariupol Boxing Federation. He was also Bondarev’s assistant at public events.

5,000,000 UAH entered Kostyantyn Anatoliyovych BondarevPeople’s Deputy from “Batkivshchyna”.

726,000 UAH listed FOP Mykhailo Mykolayovych Puyo from Khust district. He is associated with the orbit of the former head of the Transcarpathian regional organization “Batkivshchyna” Oleksandr Kemenyash.

UAH 199,000 entered FOP Vladyslav Mykolayovych Repeshko from the Dnipro He is engaged in mediation in the trade of wood, building materials and sanitary-technical products. According to open data, in 2023–2025 he participated in tenders for the repair of shelters and sports fields in Dnipro schools and won contracts for over UAH 23.5 million.

UAH 2,075,000 listed Oleksiy Valeriyovych Peshiy. He is the son of Irpin developer Valery Peshoy and, according to open sources, a member of Batkivshchyna since the early 2010s. In 2013, “Ukrainian Pravda” wrote about utensils Belychansky forest, in which the Peshykh family appeared. In 2021 BIHUS Info journalists told how Oleksiy Peshiy settled for an apartment with the then deputy head of the President’s Office Oleg Tatarov for support in the conflict with former business partners.

Earlier, “Ukrainian Pravda” wrote that part of these funds – more than 12 million hryvnias – were deposited on January 20. Of them 5,180,000 UAH entered Sergey Vitaliyovych Rabchuk. He previously headed the bank “Veles”, which was liquidated in 2020. Its beneficiary was People’s Deputy from “Batkivshchyna” Kostyantyn Bondarev. Also, together with Bondarev, Rabchuk is a co-owner of the “Good Heart of the Motherland” charity fund.

UAH 8,650,000 contributed Oksana Volodymyrivna Fetisova. She is the founder and ex-director of “TD BONDAREV” LLC, the ultimate beneficial owner of which is also Kostyantyn Bondarev.

What preceded:

• On January 23, Tymoshenko was paid the full amount of bail in the amount of 33 million hryvnias.
• YouControl wrote that the family of deputy Yulia Tymoshenko has connections with 15 Ukrainian and one Czech company.
• January 21 Tymoshenko announced that she will submit a statement to the law enforcement agencies regarding the actions of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau detectives and prosecutors Specialized anti-corruption prosecutor’s office.

Know more: She buys. Tymoshenko, bribery of deputies and lightning suspicion of NABU

We will remind:

• On the evening of January 13, NABU and SAP announced that they had exposed the head of one of the factions in the Verkhovna Rada for corruption, while sources in the UP reported that about Yulia Tymoshenko.
• Anti-corruption authorities said that the head of one of the parliamentary factions was exposed for offering illegal benefits to a number of people’s deputies who belong to factions not headed by this person, for voting “for” or “against” specific draft laws. Preliminary qualification of the case: Part 4 of Art. 369 (offer, promise or provision of an unlawful benefit to an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
• On the morning of January 14, UP interlocutors in political circles reported that anti-corruption bodies announced the suspicion of Yulia Tymoshenko, head of the “Batkivshchyna” faction. Subsequently Tymoshenko confirmed that the office was searchedparty, but stated that it rejects all accusations. She later stated that the search of her office began at 9:30 p.m. on January 13, when she was in the premises alone, that anti-corruption officers arrived on 5 buses, without a court decision, they did not let her call a lawyer and also searched the office of People’s Deputy of the Politburo Serhiy Vlasenko, which was closed.
• NABU and SAP officially announced the announcement of the suspicion of the leader of one of the parliamentary factions of the Verkhovna Rada in the proposal to grant undue benefits to people’s deputies on a permanent basis.
• On the recordings made public by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the “Fatherland” faction, is allegedly discussing with an unknown deputy payment system for specific votes in the Verkhovna Rada.
• Before the VAX meeting Tymoshenko stated that the tapes released by NABU were falsified, because such a conversation “never happened in her life.”
• Later, Tymoshenko said that never offered money to deputies for voting and will never do it.

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