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❗️ Three BMWs, resort land, and an apartment from his mother: how the assets of the head of “Forests of Ukraine,” Zubovych, have changed
Earlier I already provided some data about the new de facto head of the state enterprise “Forests of Ukraine,” Ihor Zubovych, who was paid 732,5 thousand UAH in salary just in July 2026. However, his current remuneration is only one episode in his financial history.
Zubovych’s previous years’ declarations show a far more interesting picture: three BMWs acquired within a single 2016 year, land in the resort area of Zatoka, million-hryvnia real estate transactions, a Kyiv apartment received from his mother, another BMW acquired after the start of the full-scale war, his wife’s Tesla, and substantial foreign-currency holdings.
It’s worth starting with 2016. That was when Zubovych became the owner of three BMWs within a few months. 5 February 2016 — a BMW X5, year of manufacture 2014. 20 February — a BMW X3, year of manufacture 2011. 2 August — a BMW M2, year of manufacture 2016. The declaration does not list the values of these cars. But the fact that all three cars were acquired within one year raises interest.
But the BMWs are only the beginning. In the same 2016 year, Zubovych became the owner of land plots in the resort area of Zatoka in the Odesa region: three plots totaling 2417 sq. m — 917, 500, and 1000 square meters.
The story of this land itself deserves attention. According to media reports, the plots were formed after the division of a larger land area that had previously been leased by LLC “Kurortbud.” The company challenged the land decision in courts, so the very fact that Zubovych obtained the plots became the center of a multi-year land dispute.
In Zubovych’s declaration for 2019, the land plots of 500 and 1000 sq. m no longer appear. Instead, there are real estate sale transactions. The total sum was estimated at about 2,489 million UAH. At the then exchange rate that was around $100 thousand. The third plot in Zatoka, 917 sq. m, remained with Zubovych. It appears in the declaration with the last assessed value of 416 318 UAH.
Another interesting story concerns a Kyiv apartment of 72,8 sq. m. In the declaration for 2019, the owner of the apartment was Nina Petriivna Zubovych, while Ihor Zubovych had the right to use it free of charge. In 2022, the situation changed. In the current declaration the apartment is already owned by Zubovych himself. Date of acquisition of the right: 27 September 2022, declared valuation — 2 096 640 UAH.
31 March 2022, already after the start of the full-scale invasion, Zubovych bought a BMW X5, year of manufacture 2014, for 1,04 million UAH. The car remains his property now.
In March 2023 the family’s asset list was supplemented by another item: the official’s wife, Nataliia Zubovych, became the owner of a Kyiv apartment of 51,14 sq. m. Its value in the declaration is listed as “unknown.”
And in September 2025 the family acquired another expensive car. Nataliia Zubovych purchased a Tesla Model S, year of manufacture 2023, for 1 846 750 UAH. Ihor Zubovych himself has the right to drive the car.
So, the assets acquired by the family after the start of the full-scale war for which values are declared amount to nearly 5 million UAH. And that’s without Nataliia Zubovych’s apartment.
At the same time, at year-end Zubovych declared $50 thousand in cash and almost 60 thousand UAH in a bank account, while his wife declared 200 thousand UAH in cash and funds in accounts. The family listed no loans or other financial liabilities in the declaration.
However, assets are far from the most sensational part of Zubovych’s background…
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