The activities of Territorial Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 3244 in Obukhiv have drawn public attention following the disclosure of an employee’s asset declaration. Administrator Valeriy Kozak has declared real estate and vehicles whose value raises significant questions against the backdrop of a civil servant’s official earnings.
According to the official income declaration, the public servant formed his budget over the past year from several sources. Specifically, his salary at the service center amounted to 454,000 hryvnias. Additional funding sources included pension payments totaling 220,000 hryvnias, alongside 90,000 hryvnias generated from the sale of movable property.
The family’s financial savings are held in both cash and bank accounts. Notably, the official holds 8,000 US dollars and 48,000 hryvnias in cash. An additional 78,000 hryvnias is kept in accounts at leading Ukrainian banks, PrivatBank and Oщадбанк. The presence of such assets relative to standard budget-sector salaries traditionally attracts heightened scrutiny from anti-corruption activists and investigative journalists.
A significant portion of the Kozak family’s assets consists of real estate located in the Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions. A residential house with a total area of 180.4 square meters, purchased back in 2014 for 650,000 hryvnias, is registered under the official’s name in the village of Khotiv, Obukhiv district. In the same year, the family acquired an apartment spanning 43.1 square meters for 300,000 hryvnias.
In addition to residential premises, the civil servant owns several land plots with a total area exceeding 2,900 square meters in the same Obukhiv district. The family also owns a separate 10-cot plot of land located in the Zhytomyr region. Owning extensive land and housing in the capital region is a frequent element in declarations of middle and high-ranking officials, yet it prompts public discussion given current economic conditions.
Particular attention in the declaration is drawn to the family’s vehicle fleet and recent updates to it. In December 2025, the Kozak family expanded its assets with a new vehicle — a 2016 BMW 216d acquired under joint ownership with his wife, Iryna. The official transaction amount recorded in the documents was 420,000 hryvnias.
«On the Ukrainian secondary market, such BMW 2 Series vehicles typically range from 500,000 to 700,000 hryvnias depending on their technical condition and mileage, making the declared price noticeably lower than the market average,» automotive market experts note.
Notably, the timing of these financial transactions shows that the official sold previous movable property—likely an older car—in November 2025, and registered the new purchase just days later on December 2. Furthermore, the couple continues to own a compact electric vehicle, a 2016 FIAT 500E, which was purchased in 2020 for 282,800 hryvnias. Owning multiple vehicles alongside the pricing specifics of premium German cars once again highlights the need for thorough verification of state employee declarations.