Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have discovered correspondence and a purchase contract for an apartment in Bulgaria worth €66,200 during a search of the mobile phone of Svitlana Kolyada, the common-law wife of Serhiy Hrytsenko, former Director of the Logistics Department of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU). Concurrently, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) identified undisclosed assets totaling 28 million UAH in Hrytsenko’s declarations, while the former official remains a central figure in criminal probes into procurement schemes at the National Guard.
An inspection protocol of Kolyada’s phone revealed that deleted messages from March 2025 contained a purchase agreement dated September 23, 2022. The deal involved an 80.97 sq. m apartment located in the Sunny Beach resort area (Nessebar Municipality) sold by a Bulgarian entity, VOUP Group EOOD, for €66,200.
An analysis of open corporate records indicates that the seller’s registration details correspond with a company incorporated in Stara Zagora just three months prior to the transaction, operating in real estate construction and management.
The NACP concluded full audits of Hrytsenko’s 2023 and 2024 declarations, identifying 28 million UAH in false reporting. Investigators determined the core violation was his intentional failure to list Kolyada as a family member. The agency classified these actions under Part 2 of Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (filing false declaration data).
«The primary violation identified by the agency is that Hrytsenko failed to report his partner as a family member in his official financial disclosures.»
Following the law enforcement searches and his subsequent dismissal, Hrytsenko submitted a updated declaration listing Kolyada, three children, and a separate Bulgarian apartment registered in his name (45.73 sq. m valued at 870,000 UAH).
Hrytsenko remains under investigation by NABU in multiple high-profile cases. One inquiry centers on armored personnel carrier (APC) procurements involving overpricing of at least 199 million UAH through intermediary firms, alongside a second scheme concerning procurement kickbacks resulting in damages over 190 million UAH.
Pre-trial investigations remain ongoing, and no judicial conviction has been issued regarding the procurement allegations.