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The real estate market in Ukraine is increasingly mired in corruption, with numerous high-profile cases highlighting the challenge of accountability in the system. Key figures in politics, law enforcement, and the judiciary have been implicated in acquiring luxury properties and concealing their true financial activities. From the deputy head of the Odesa tax office and his understated asset declarations, to the acquisition of luxury cars and real estate by relatives of MPs, the narrative is consistent: asset liability and real estate ownership are being manipulated to hide wealth. The ongoing war has further complicated matters, as some officials have exploited the situation to privatize properties meant for social security beneficiaries, while partners of those involved in corruption cases amass significant real estate assets. These actions have resulted in legislative responses, such as closures of property registers, but the effectiveness of these measures remains to be seen as corruption persists.
Are Ukrainian officials hiding assets in real estate?
Yes, many Ukrainian officials and their relatives have been reported to acquire substantial real estate holdings that significantly exceed their declared incomes. Investigations have revealed a pattern of underreporting or not declaring these assets entirely, raising concerns about corruption and misuse of public office.
What impact has the war had on Ukraine's real estate market?
The war in Ukraine has exacerbated issues within the real estate market, as some officials and their families have taken advantage of the conflict to acquire or privatize properties under dubious circumstances. The allocation of service apartments to undeserving officials and the undervaluation of purchased properties are examples of how the market has been affected.
How are luxury properties linked to corruption allegations?
Luxury properties are often at the center of corruption allegations as they are used to store and possibly launder wealth acquired through dishonest means. High-profile figures have been exposed owning luxury real estate that do not correlate with their official salaries, leading to accusations and investigations by anti-corruption bodies.
Is there a legal framework to tackle real estate corruption in Ukraine?
Ukraine does have legal frameworks and institutions like NABU and SAPO aimed at tackling corruption, including in the real estate sector. However, the effectiveness of these measures is challenged by ongoing scandals and reports of asset concealment by officials, necessitating stronger enforcement and reforms.
What are the consequences of undeclared real estate for officials in Ukraine?
Failure to declare real estate can lead to investigations and legal proceedings against officials in Ukraine. It undermines public trust and can result in suspensions or dismissals from positions of power. Persistent issues also affect foreign investment and economic stability in the real estate market.
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Media find Halushchenko’s undeclared apartment in Switzerland The wife of former minister Herman Halushchenko, who is implicated in the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine’s (NABU) Midas case, lived in an apartment in Geneva throughout 2025. Its annual rent amounted to UAH 4.5 million. 4 677 40 Previously in trend: Halushchenko case
Real estate worth 27 million hryvnias: Media report on assets of Judge Stasiuk’s family, who appears in NABU "Themis" recordings. VIDEO Journalists have uncovered a flat and parking spaces in the Pechersk district of the capital, country houses on the outskirts of Kyiv, and a new minivan in the most expensive specification belonging to relatives of Serhii Stasiuk, a judge at the Kyiv Commercial Court, who is implicated in the... 5 576 30 Previously in trend: Forrest Gump operation
Tatarov’s acquaintances have become owners of 11 flats in new-build developments in Kyiv worth over $1 million, – Bihus.Info People who may be linked to Oleh Tatarov, the deputy head of the President’s Office, have, over the last few years, become owners of flats in two new-build developments in Kyiv, the value of which now exceeds 1 million dollars. 4 947 32 Previously in trend: Tatarov case
Lithuania plans to restrict purchase of property by Russian and Belarusian citizens near military installations Lithuania may tighten restrictions on Russian and Belarusian nationals, particularly those holding a residence permit in the country. There are proposals to ban them from purchasing property near military training grounds and other sites of national security importance. 827 7 Previously in trend: russians abroad
Kravchenko’s former mother-in-law invested $670,000 in property in UAE, - media. VIDEO In July 2023, the mother-in-law of former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko – whilst he was head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration – invested approximately 670,000 dollars in the construction of a 143-square-metre villa in Dubai, in the upmarket residential development Damac Lagoons. 10 330 36 Previously in trend: Kravchenko’s resignation
Deputy Marshal of Sejm Bosak has proposed restricting Ukrainians’ ability to buy property in Poland Krzysztof Bosak, Deputy Marshal of the Polish Sejm and one of the leaders of the ‘Confederation’ party, has called for restrictions on the ability of Ukrainian citizens and other foreigners to purchase property. In his view, foreign capital is putting additional pressure on the Polish housing... 7 744 37 Previously in trend: Ukrainians in Poland
Relatives of Prosecutor General’s Office official Kropyva own over $1 million in real estate and hold Russian passports – media. PHOTO Luxury real estate and valid Russian passports have been uncovered among people close to Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the Department of International Cooperation at the Prosecutor General’s Office and a figure in NABU’s Operation "Carthage". 29 681 65 Previously in trend: Operation Carthage Kropyva’s wealth
Estates, family’s business in Russia and "Themis" special operation: what is known about searches at home of Dashutin, head of Supreme Court’s Administrative Cassation Court. PHOTO Ihor Dashutin, head of the Administrative Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court, has become a subject of the ‘Themis’ special operation conducted by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) – searches were carried... 5 368 16 Previously in trend: cases of illicit enrichment
Occupiers are preparing new demolitions of houses in Mariupol: residents are being warned about eviction - Center for Study of Occupation In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, preparations are underway for a new wave of residential building demolitions. This time, a sector of low-rise buildings on the Left Bank may be targeted for demolition, and residents there have already begun to be warned of their impending eviction. 1 571 5 Previously in trend: Appropriation of property by Russians in TOT
Flats that already had owners were being sold: scheme causing losses of 175 million hryvnias has been uncovered in Kyiv, - Kravchenko. VIDEO A large-scale property fraud scheme involving a new-build development in Pechersk has been uncovered in Kyiv. 2 285 12 Previously in trend: Fraudulent schemes
Five suspected of apartment fraud in Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk Law enforcement officers in Kyiv have exposed an organised criminal group that illegally seized properties in the capital and Ivano-Frankivsk. 2 790 3 Previously in trend: Fraudulent schemes
SBI Director Sukhachov’s brother received 143 properties from developer later investigated by Bureau – media Media outlets have published an investigation into property owned by the brother of State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Director Oleksii Sukhachov, which the Pecherskyi District Court had previously barred from publication. The authors allege that Oleksandr Sukhachov acquired 143 properties at... 7 215 39 Previously in trend: Income of SBI employees
"Servant of People" Medianyk lives in $1 million estate registered in name of his daughter’s nanny, – Bihus.Info Viacheslav Medianyk, a Member of Parliament for the "Servant of the People" party, leaves his luxurious 370 sq m estate in an upmarket cottage community near Kyiv every morning; the market value of the property is estimated at approximately 1 million dollars. The luxury property is registered in... 10 159 76 Previously in trend: cases of illicit enrichment
Family of former High Commercial Court judge Karaban has acquired assets worth over $2.5 million in just few years, - media. PHOTO The family of Volodymyr Karaban, a former judge of the High Commercial Court, which includes several generations of judges and judicial staff, has amassed assets worth over $2.5 million in recent years. Among the ‘gains’ of the judicial clan are dozens of flats in luxury residential complexes,... 3 963 36 Previously in trend: cases of illicit enrichment
Properties belonging to individuals involved in "Dynasty" case have been put up for sale: they have not yet been seized, - media Some of the assets of a company whose corporate rights have been frozen due to the involvement of suspects in the NABU/SAPO case concerning the illegal development of the "Dynasty" housing cooperative have been put up for sale. This concerns luxury property in a gated cottage community near... 7 168 41 Previously in trend: Mindichgate Dynasty construction
Family of Deputy Minister of Justice Kravchenko has purchased property worth $400,000, - media. VIDEO The family of Deputy Minister of Justice Liudmyla Kravchenko has purchased three flats in business-class residential complexes in the capital. Their value could be as high as $400,000. 5 933 54
"Servant of People" Nehulevskyi, suspected of taking bribes in Verkhovna Rada, rents mansion in Kozyn at below-market price – Bihus.Info MP Ihor Nehulevskyi (Servant of the People faction), who was served with a notice of suspicion by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) in a case over payments for parliamentary votes in "envelopes", is renting a... 1 639 11 Previously in trend: cases of illicit enrichment payments in envelopes to servant of the people Bribing MPs for voting
Unrelated individuals were living illegally in Zakharchenko’s seized home, - ARMA The National Agency for Asset Tracing and Management has documented the illegal use of a seized property belonging to Vitalii Zakharchenko, the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the Yanukovych era, who is currently in hiding in Russia. 10 419 20
"Servant of People" member Koriavchenko has declared Spanish apartment, which was previously reported by media Yurii Koriavchenkov, a member of parliament from the "Servant of the People" party, listed an apartment in Spain in his declaration, as previously reported by the media. 5 276 40 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials Koriavchenkov’s trip abroad
Medvedchuk’s family owns 2000 m² estate on Rublyovka near Moscow – Slidstvo.Info. PHOTO In an elite cottage settlement on Rublyovka in the Moscow region, a Russian company, founded by a firm belonging to the wife of former MP and Putin's kum Viktor Medvedchuk, owns four land plots and a huge house. 8 925 32
Mother-in-law of Shevchyshen, National Police official close to Tatarov, bought luxury property in Kyiv, whilst wife promoted fraudulent scheme, - media The mother-in-law of Artem Shevchyshen, deputy head of the National Police’s Main Investigation Department, owns a flat in one of Kyiv’s most expensive residential complexes, valued at at least $430,000. The official’s wife, meanwhile, earns a high income, the source of which raises questions,... 7 031 27 Previously in trend: Declaration of false information Lifestyle of Shevchyshen’s family, Colonel of National Police
Businessman Krippa has become owner of more than 60 real estate properties in Dubai in recent years, - media Ukrainian businessman Maksym Krippa may be one of the largest Ukrainian investors in Dubai real estate. 8 391 29 Previously in trend: Business of Maksym Krippa
Family of AFU Air Force logistics commander Ukrainets, detained on bribery charges, acquired $1 million in assets, Bihus.Info reports. VIDEO The family of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Air Force Logistics Commander Colonel Andrii Ukrainets, who is suspected of corruption in the construction of aircraft shelters, has purchased real estate worth approximately $1 million in recent years. 6 891 33 Previously in trend: Corruption in defence
Relatives of three prosecutors and former member of Vinnytsia MMC own elite apartments "Glacier" in Bukovel, - media. VIDEO+PHOTO Among the investors in the luxury apartment complex "Glacier Premium Apartments" in Bukovel, which officially opened on the first day of 2026, there are many officials of various levels. In particular, relatives of three prosecutors, as well as close associates of a number of officials. 10 655 54 Previously in trend: Owners of Bukovel apartment complex
Mother of "servant of people" Kostiuk gave him 6 million hryvnias: MP bought apartment in Kyiv MP Dmytro Kostiuk, who left the "Servant of the People" faction in December 2025, received a gift of 6 million hryvnias from his mother. 10 215 92
National Police investigator Drozd bought business-class property for $100,000. This does not match her declaration – media. VIDEO+PHOTOS In 2020, Liudmyla Drozd, a senior investigator with the National Police in Odesa region, bought property in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi business-class residential complex. However, she paid more for the apartment and two parking spaces than her declaration for that year showed, the equivalent of $100,000. 8 500 44 Previously in trend: Undeclared assets Wealth of the Drozd law enforcement dynasty
Understated property prices, hidden Bentley and his wife’s jewellery: how deputy head of Odesa tax office Khandusenko lives Dmytro Khandusenko, deputy head of the Odesa tax office, declares his property and million-hryvnia assets at prices understated dozens of times. Meanwhile, his wife flaunts a blue Bentley and trips to Paris and Lake Como on Instagram. 9 545 46 Previously in trend: Assets of tax officials
Wife of one of defendants involved in Operation "Midas" bought cars and real estate worth $360,000, - media. VIDEO The wife of Dmytro Basov, one of the figures involved in the energy corruption case previously exposed by NABU, has purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of real estate and luxury cars in recent years. 13 572 28 Previously in trend: Energy sector corruption
Judge-and-prosecutor Hrabets family purchased property with market value of $1 million – media. PHOTO The family of a Kyiv judge and prosecutor has acquired property worth more than one million dollars in recent years. During Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ihor Hrabets, deputy head of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office and husband of Svitlana Hrabets, a judge of the Kyiv Regional Commercial... 17 585 41
Head of National Police Property Management Department Sokolov "accumulated" ₴11 million in real estate and privatized service apartment – media. VIDEO&PHOTOS The head of the Property Management Department of the National Police of Ukraine, Dmytro Sokolov, and his family have "accumulated" real estate in Kyiv worth over 11 million hryvnias. During the war, he privatized a service three-room apartment in a new residential complex, while his department... 5 177 41 Previously in trend: Corruption in law enforcement agencies
Russians have seized nearly 25,000 homes from Ukrainians in TOT, - Le Figaro Russians have confiscated tens of thousands of Ukrainian properties in the occupied territories. 1 838 5 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
Family of Colonel Trofimenko of State Border Guard Service has acquired property worth 13 million hryvnias in recent years - media. PHOTO The family of 40-year-old State Border Guard Service colonel Oleh Trofimenko has acquired property worth an estimated UAH 13 million in recent years. However, his declarations do not contain this information, as his official income does not allow him to make such purchases. 9 825 65 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials Declaration of false information
Kyiv judge exposed for illicit enrichment worth UAH 16 million – NABU (updated) The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have exposed a Kyiv judge on charges of illicit enrichment and submitting false information in asset declarations. 3 682 27 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Declaration of false information
Umerov’s family lives in luxury real estate in US: 7 of 8 properties undeclared – AntAC. PHOTOS The family of Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and former Minister of Defence, owns eight luxury properties in the United States. These are three apartments in Florida, one in New York and four villas near Miami, 21 901 156 Previously in trend: Umerov income declaration Umerov family luxury real estate in the USA
Penthouse of deputy head of National Police in Kyiv, Poliienko, registered to his mother-in-law: His father-in-law says that developer has not been demanding money for property for four years. VIDEO The case of the elite real estate registered to the mother-in-law of Taras Poliienko, Deputy Head of the National Police of Kyiv, is being considered by the High Anti-Corruption Court. The family has already sold the scandalous penthouse for two and a half times the original price. 4 563 25 Previously in trend: cases of illicit enrichment
Family of "servant of people" Kuznetsov furnished house in Kyiv for at least $400,000, - media. VIDEO The family of "Servant of the People" MP Oleksii Kuznetsov, who is involved in a corruption case over the purchase of drones and electronic warfare equipment, owns an elite house in the capital. 5 826 40
Bezuhla, Arakhamiia and others: Anti-Corruption Action Center publishes list of MPs who voted to restrict access to property registers The Anti-Corruption Action Center has published a list of MPs who voted to restrict access to property registers in order to conceal their corrupt assets. 13 335 61 Previously in trend: Voting on law on closure of information on real estate objects
Rada closed access to property register after publications about top officials’ property acquired during war The Verkhovna Rada has adopted draft law No. 11533 on restricting access to the Register of Real Property Rights. 13 970 83
Energy Customs chief Komar removed from office after journalists’ investigation into his family’s assets – State Customs Service The head of the Energy Customs, Anatolii Komar, has been temporarily suspended from performing his official duties. 3 150 13 Previously in trend: Property of a State Customs Service official
Family of Energy Customs head Komar built UAH 70 million mansion during war: Svyrydenko orders verification of facts published by media Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko has ordered an investigation into the allegations, including those in journalistic investigations, concerning Anatolii Komar, head of Ukraine’s Energy Customs. 3 706 41 Previously in trend: Property of a State Customs Service official
Family of top customs official Komar built mansion worth 70 million hryvnia during war - media The family of Anatolii Komar, head of the Energy Customs of the State Customs Service, built a mansion in an elite suburb of Kyiv worth UAH 70 million and covering almost half a thousand square metres on the shores of a lake after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. It was registered... 19 763 126 Previously in trend: Property of a State Customs Service official
SSU Colonel Prokopenko’s family bought penthouse with terrace in central Kyiv worth 15 million during war – investigation The mother-in-law of Oleksii Prokopenko, head of the Security Service department in Khmelnytskyi region, purchased a penthouse measuring 179.5 square meters in the business-class residential complex "Shevchenkivskyi" in Kyiv in February 2025. 26 965 92
MIA Academy leaders received service apartments promised to social security beneficiaries and veterans – media. VIDEO+PHOTOS The leadership of the National Academy of Internal Affairs (NAIA) allocated service apartments among themselves in a residential complex in Kyiv. The housing was previously promised to privileged groups and veterans. After privatization, some NAIA leaders sold the apartments. 11 981 43 Previously in trend: Leadership of the National Academy of Internal Affairs (NAIA)
Stefanishyna’s mother bought Kyiv apartment at four times below market price – media Nadiia Kravets, the mother of Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna, purchased a three-room apartment in the "Lvivska Ploshcha" residential complex in Kyiv at a price nearly four times lower than the market value. 14 354 125
Komarnytskyi and his wife owned 110 apartments in Kyiv luxury developments – media. VIDEO&PHOTOS Former Kyiv City Council member and businessman Denys Komarnytskyi and his wife Iryna owned 110 apartments in prestigious residential complexes in the capital between 2016 and 2018. The properties were reportedly sold very quickly, and the couple could have earned around 440 million UAH from the... 10 695 77 Previously in trend: Komarnytskyi’s case
Servant of People People’s Deputy Kaptielov declared his wife’s income in Russia but failed to declare her real estate in Moscow – media People`s Deputy from the Servant of the People faction, Roman Kaptielov, declared his wife’s place of employment in a state institution in Moscow and over one million rubles in cash at her disposal in his 2024 asset declaration. However, he failed to declare the family’s real estate in Moscow. 4 253 40
MPs want to close information on real estate that helps to record corruption - AntAC Tomorrow, the parliament will vote on draft law No. 11533, which proposes to restrict access to data on the exact location of real estate and cadastral numbers of land plots during martial law and for a year afterwards. 9 099 64 Previously in trend: Voting on law on closure of information on real estate objects
Elite residential complex is on fire in centre of Moscow. VIDEO A large-scale fire broke out in the centre of Moscow in the elite "Roza Rossa" residential complex. 13 677 35
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