Yulia Zhovtiak, Director of the State Employment Center, has submitted her annual financial disclosure and a notification of significant changes in property status, revealing over 8 million UAH in real estate sales revenue alongside substantial cash holdings. According to the updated data published in the Unified State Register of Declarations, the transactions took place throughout 2025 and early 2026, with the bulk of the assets purchased by private individuals.
According to official records, Yulia Zhovtiak’s annual salary as head of the state agency amounted to 1.58 million UAH. However, the majority of her recent financial influx stemmed from property declaration revenue. Specifically, the official received 5.98 million UAH from a citizen named Oleksiy Pilhuy. Subsequently, in January 2026, Zhovtiak filed an update declaring an additional 2.11 million UAH in income from the same buyer.
The agency director’s current and recent property holdings include:
A 48.7 sq. m. apartment in Kyiv (acquired in 2012 for 638,000 UAH, currently under a mortgage);
A 1,200 sq. m. land plot in the village of Krushynka, Kyiv Oblast;
Shared ownership of an apartment in Zaporizhzhia.
Additionally, in July 2022, the official purchased a Toyota Camry valued at 1.32 million UAH. Her financial disclosure also highlights significant cash savings, amounting to $158,000 USD and €15,000.
Investigative analysts have drawn attention to the assets held by the official’s immediate family. The director’s mother, Larysa Zhovtiak, who previously worked in retail clothing sales in Zaporizhzhia, acquired premium assets shortly after her daughter’s appointment to the high-ranking state position.
In 2021, she became the owner of an apartment in the premium «Costa Fontana» residential complex in Odesa, located on the beachfront of the Black Sea, as well as a luxury-class vehicle.
Experts in anti-corruption monitoring note that the latest financial disclosure of Yulia Zhovtiak contains several elements that may warrant review by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP):
«The presence of substantial cash sums exceeding $150,000 held by public officials routinely requires a detailed verification of the source of funds. Furthermore, the correlation between the market value of the sold assets and the purchasing power of the official’s relatives is subject to standard analytical scrutiny.»
Analysts also point to other factors likely to be reviewed, such as the acquisition of a new vehicle while maintaining an active mortgage, and the absence of data in the family members section of the disclosure. The latter requires verification to determine whether it reflects a formal absence of reportable dependents or a potential omission. At present, no official comments have been issued by the NACP or Yulia Zhovtiak regarding the origin of these assets.