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The former deputy minister of energy Herman Galuschenko's aide Yulia Pidkomorna joined the board of directors of JSC Ukrainian Distribution Networks. 5 August 2026, the new board composition was elected by the company’s Supervisory Board. Pidkomorna became the acting member of the board.
This was reported by Ekonomichna Pravda, citing the decision of the Supervisory Board. The new board also includes Oleksii Belotskyi, Oleksandr Baranyuk, Mykhailo Horin, and Denys Fudashkin.
Ukrainian Distribution Networks is a state-owned company that manages stakes in seven electricity distribution system operators: Khmelnytskyoblenergo, Mykolaivoblenergo, Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo, Ternopiloblenergo, Cherkasyoblenergo, Kharkivoblenergo, and Sumyoblenergo.
Pidkomorna previously worked in the Cabinet of Ministers, Energoatom, and Ukrgazvydobuvannya, and she was also a deputy energy minister to Herman Galuschenko.
Her name appeared in materials of the so-called Mndiich (Mändig) tapes. During a court hearing in the Midas case, the prosecutor from SAP read a fragment of recordings discussing Pidkomorna and her appointment to state positions.
In November 2025, NABU announced the uncovering of a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector within the Midas operation. According to the investigation, participants in the scheme could demand improper rewards from contractors of Energoatom.
Yulia Pidkomorna’s name appeared in relation to this case due to mentions in recordings that investigators examined during the investigation.
However, at this time it is important to distinguish between mentions of Pidkomorna in case materials and facts proven by a court. The presence of her name in the recordings is not, by itself, evidence of her committing a crime.
Pidkomorna’s new appointment has become a reason for additional attention to her professional path, her career in the public sector, and her connections in the energy sphere.
The StopKor editorial team is preparing its own analytical investigation into Yulia Pidkomorna.
If you have information about her activities, possible abuses, conflicts of interest, dubious appointments, or other circumstances that may be of public interest, please send information to the StopKor editorial team through our social networks and chatbot.
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