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35 million hryvnias to rebuild Makariv: the contract went to a newly formed company of former councilwoman Kateryna Vovkotrub
In Makariv, Kyiv region, work has resumed on restoring the multi-story building on Oleksandra Dovzhenka Street, 34, which suffered significant damage during the fighting in the spring of 2022. After contracts with the previous contractor were terminated, the work worth 35 million hryvnias was assigned to a newly created company linked to the former contractor.
This was reported by “KyivVlada” citing data from the Prozorro public procurement system and analytical platforms.
According to the agreement, the contractor must complete the major renovation of the building by the end of 2027. The project includes demolition, plumbing, and interior finishing works in the apartments, restoration of electrical networks and the gas supply system, repair and insulation of the facade. In addition, the building is to be adapted for the needs of people with limited mobility and the adjacent territory is to be improved.
LLC Vertex Proekt was the sole participant in the procurement, so the contract with it was signed without an auction.
To confirm experience performing similar construction works, LLC Vertex Proekt provided a certificate for two contracts with private companies: from 30 April 2026 for work on constructing a group of multi-story residential buildings in Zhytomyr for 631 thousand hryvnias, which was still in progress at the time of the certificate, and a contract from 19 June 2026 for landscaping the territory of the Respublika Park shopping and entertainment center in Kyiv for 120 thousand hryvnias.
History of the damage and restoration
The multi-story building No. 34 on Oleksandra Dovzhenka Street in Makariv, according to KODA, suffered significant damage in the spring of 2022 during the active hostilities in the Kyiv region. Makariv town mayor Vadym Tokar reported that Russian tanks fired directly at the building, and there was a fire in one of the entrances. As a result, the facade was mutilated, the roof and floors were destroyed, part of the apartments were destroyed and all windows were blown out, and the building’s engineering networks failed.
According to the regional administration, before the full-scale war 30 apartments in this building were home to 76 people, and as of the end of 2023 they housed 40 people. The regional administration also reported that the capital repair of the building provides for restoring the operational condition of the damaged apartments.
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35 million hryvnias to rebuild Makariv: the contract went to a newly formed company of former councilwoman Kateryna Vovkotrub
During 2022 the building underwent emergency measures and window replacement. Initially, in August 2022 a partial demolition of damaged building structures was ordered for over 521 thousand hryvnias, with LLC Slovianska Promyslova Hrupa as the contractor. In the autumn the same company, for 3,29 million hryvnias, partially restored brickwork, repaired the roof, installed waterproofing, and also installed windows and doors.
A year later, preparations began for the comprehensive restoration of the building. The Makariv settlement council commissioned the project in May 2023 for over 783 thousand hryvnias. The contractor was LLC I.B.K. Development (**).
In November 2023, the Regional Development Department of KODA selected a contractor for repair works for over 24,56 million hryvnias. It was LLC Astrum Building Company (***), the sole participant in the procurement. Under the initial terms of the contract, the company was to complete the repairs by the end of 2024.
35 million hryvnias to rebuild Makariv: the contract went to a newly formed company of former councilwoman Kateryna Vovkotrub
35 million hryvnias to rebuild Makariv: the contract went to a newly formed company of former councilwoman Kateryna Vovkotrub
However, from the summer of 2024 changes began to be made to the project. At the request of the Makariv settlement council, LLC I.B.K. Development revised the project: in particular, it provided for the installation of a hipped roof made of metal profile and cornices.
Soon, in August of the same year, the Regional Development Department ordered additional restoration works from Astrum Building Company for over 9 million hryvnias. They covered apartment finishing, repair of the roof, attic, water supply, sewage and heating. These works were to be completed by the end of 2025.
Meanwhile, the deadlines for the work under the first contract between the Regional Development Department and Astrum Building Company were repeatedly shifted (the last time to the end of 2026). However, in May 2026 the Regional Development Department and Astrum Building Company terminated the November and August agreements by mutual consent. By that time the contractor had been paid a total of 16,5 million hryvnias: more than 9 million under the first contract and nearly 7,5 million under the second.
Connection between the two contractors for restoring the building
The current and previous contractors for restoring the building on Oleksandra Dovzhenka Street, 34 in Makariv – Vertex Proekt and Astrum Building Company – turned out to be connected. The key link between them is Kateryna Vovkotrub, a former deputy of Boryspil City Council.
Data from the analytical system YouControl indicate that LLC Vertex Proekt (the current contractor) was registered in February 2026 in Kyiv, but within two months was re-registered in Irpin in Kyiv region. The main activity is non-specialized wholesale trade. The company’s owners in equal shares are Lyudmyla Dimnych and Kateryna Vovkotrub, who is also the manager.
According to Clarity Project data, the current contract for restoring the residential building in Makariv is LLC Vertex Proekt’s first public-sector order.
LLC Astrum Building Company (the previous contractor) was registered in 2016 in Boryspil. Its founders are Olga Sydorenko, Tamara Trykoz and the aforementioned Kateryna Vovkotrub (director).
This company, as a result of participation in public procurements, received 14 contracts totaling 236,88 million hryvnias. Interestingly, Astrum Building Company’s first public contract was the Regional Development Department’s order to restore the residential building on Oleksandra Dovzhenka Street, 34 in Makariv.
In 2020 Kateryna Vovkotrub, together with Tamara and Andrii Trykoz, and Volodymyr Sydorenko (son of Olga Sydorenko) were elected deputies of the Boryspil City Council from the All-Ukrainian Union “Fatherland” party. However, as of August 2026 only Volodymyr Sydorenko retained his deputy mandate from that quartet. The reason was that in early February 2023 the others submitted statements of resignation from the party, explaining it by their disappointment with its activities.
Those events were accompanied by public conflicts. According to local media, the Kyiv regional organization of “Fatherland” planned to recall those deputies at a conference on 27 January 2023. Later the event was rescheduled to 2 February, but the deputies beat the leadership to it by submitting their resignations a day before the meeting. Shortly after, they were officially recalled from the city council.
Astrum Building Company and its founders, including Kateryna Vovkotrub, are involved in the story of one of Boryspil’s largest unfinished construction projects – the SkyCity residential complex. The company is one of the clients and the general contractor of the complex, where two of the four buildings have been commissioned so far. Investors of the two unfinished high-rise buildings have been left without money and homes, while a public conflict erupted among co-owners with mutual accusations of blocking the company’s operations and access to funds and documents.
Interestingly, the company later used its experience on the problematic SkyCity project to confirm its qualifications when obtaining a public contract. To win its first tender to restore the five-story Makariv building at the end of 2023, the firm confirmed its experience with contracts from affiliated companies, including for constructing that same SkyCity in Boryspil. In other words, building that residential complex served as a formal “pass” to accessing budget millions for reconstruction.
A colorful dossier on the designer of the capital repair
No less interesting is the dossier of the designer of the restoration of Makariv building No. 34 on Oleksandra Dovzhenka Street – LLC I.B.K. Development. It has existed since 2013, with a Kyiv registration. The company belongs to Oleksandr Lukianets (69,86%), Vitalii Zhukivskyi (20,16%, director) and Viktor Horbai (9,98%).
In 2018 LLC I.B.K. Development was a co-founder of JSC “Closed Non-diversified Venture Corporate Investment Fund “Flesh” (in the process of liquidation). The fund was part of the business group of Nataliia Hordiienko – the ex-wife of former “regional” MP of the Verkhovna Rada of the VII and VIII convocations Volodymyr Katsuba.
The Katsuba couple’s sons are also quite well-known – the elder Serhii Katsuba was a member of the Verkhovna Rada of the VII convocation from the Party of Regions and a deputy of the Kyiv regional council of the VI convocation, while the younger Oleksandr Katsuba in 2012-2014 years served as deputy chairman of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. In January 2026 Oleksandr Katsuba became the owner of 50% of one of Ukraine’s largest oil and gas production companies – LLC Nadra-GeoInvest.
Volodymyr Katsuba and his sons were at one time noted for friendly relations with the regional politician, former governor (2010-2014) of Kyiv region Anatolii Prysyazhniuk. In particular, it was during Prysyazhniuk’s governorship that Volodymyr and Serhii Katsuba entered parliament.
In addition, the ties of LLC I.B.K. Development lead to the Vice President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Rostyslav Korobka. LLC I.B.K. Development shares a city phone number (+380443740328) and a registration address (Kyiv, Lesi Ukrainky Boulevard, 7-B, office 157) with the construction LLC Holosiivski Vezhi, one of whose beneficiaries is the aforementioned Rostyslav Korobka. The director of LLC Holosiivski Vezhi today is Viktor Horbai – a co-founder of LLC I.B.K. Development.
LLC I.B.K. Development is a very active participant in public procurement, having signed 455 contracts totaling 2,84 billion hryvnias.
The Department of Regional Development is headed by Oleh Kravchenko. The head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration since late July 2026 is Tymur Tkachenko. Before him, from late March 2025, the position was held by Mykola Kalashnyk, who is now the Minister for Restoration, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine.
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