Nine dead, damage worth 3 billion hryvnias, and questions for “Artem”: why Kostyantyn Ishunin was not charged after the explosion in Vyshneve

As a result of a Russian missile strike and the detonation of an ammunition depot in the city of Vyshneve on 6 July, 9 people were killed, dozens were seriously wounded, hundreds were affected, residential areas covering 13 hectares were destroyed, and more than 600 people were evacuated.

This was reported by the Telegram channel "Absolution Leaks"

The Cabinet of Ministers allocated 3,04 billion UAH for consequence mitigation.

A large quantity of munitions was stored in premises that did not meet safety requirements and lacked permits. The depot was not intended for storage, let alone long-term storage. Placing such facilities near civilian housing is explicitly prohibited.

For official negligence, the CEO of JSC “Company of Aviation and Rocket-Technical Engineering” (SRI «Artem»), Mykola Andriyash, and his deputy Ruslan Kuchynskyi have been detained.

One of the key employees of this enterprise is Kostyantyn Vitaliyovych Ishunin (1972), who is linked to criminal schemes surrounding arms contracts.

Ishunin is connected to pro-Russian deputy Serhiy Shakhov, who fled abroad and is wanted. It has now emerged that Shakhov joined the anti-Ukrainian group of sanctioned pro-Russian oligarch Vadym Novynskyi.

There are serious concerns that Kostyantyn Ishunin is being shielded from suspicion because he has connections within the judicial and law-enforcement systems.

His wife, Larysa Mykolaivna Ishunina, is a judge of the Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv. As an investigating judge, Ishunina routinely rules on law-enforcement motions from the police and the Economic Security Bureau to the SBU and the State Bureau of Investigations, including on rather delicate matters.

Kostyantyn Vitaliyovych Ishunin managed the companies PP “Donora” and PP “Drong,” which are subjects of a criminal case regarding embezzlement of state funds on military contracts.

The founder of these companies — Maryna Anatoliyivna Reznikova — is a representative of the British firm “Tite Business LP” (tite business LP) together with Serhiy Anatoliyovych Velmozhnyi.

People’s Deputy Velmozhnyi is a close associate of pro-Russian deputy Serhiy Shakhov, who is now wanted. Abroad, Shakhov connected with sanctioned billionaire Novynskyi on ideas to defend the “russian world” in Ukraine.