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The price of electricity for military units was increased by more than 80%: the court ordered 7,7 million UAH to be returned
The power supply company must return to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine nearly 7,7 million UAH, overpaid for electricity for military units in the Kherson region. The Southwestern Commercial Court of Appeal left unchanged the decision issued in a lawsuit brought by the Kherson Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Defense in the Southern Region.
In 2021 the military units signed an electricity supply contract worth 20,6 million UAH. Later, the parties signed ten supplementary agreements that raised the electricity price by more than 80%.
The prosecutor’s office found that there were no legal grounds for such a change to the material terms of the contract. As a result, nearly 7,7 million UAH was overpaid from the budget.
Prosecutors went to court in the interest of the state, demanding that the supplementary agreements be declared invalid and the overpaid funds returned.
In April 2026 the Commercial Court of the Odesa Region granted the claim: it declared the ten supplementary agreements invalid and ordered the supplier to return nearly 7,7 million UAH to the Ministry of Defense.
The company appealed the decision, but in September 2026 the appellate court rejected the complaint and left the decision unchanged.
Thus, the supplier must return nearly 7,7 million UAH of state budget funds.
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