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In December 2024 of the year in the village of Pylypets in Zakarpattia Oblast, the Shypit SPA & Resort complex officially opened, located on a site that previously belonged to the father of the former first deputy head of the National Police of Ukraine, Yevhen Koval. Journalists previously reported on the land history and construction of the complex, drawing attention to the scale of the asset and the period of its creation.
Shypit SPA & Resort positions itself as a hotel-and-restaurant complex with SPA infrastructure. On the territory there are three restaurants, pools, a cinema, cottages and other elements of resort infrastructure. The complex also claims 14 separate chalets, hotel rooms, a promenade, and a staff house. According to journalistic investigations, as early as 2019, Yevhen Koval’s father, Oleksandr Koval, owned about 2,5 hectares of land in Pylypets, where a large-scale construction was underway at that time. In total, as journalists noted, the Koval family owned about 8 hectares of land in Zakarpattia. At that time, the cumulative value of these plots was estimated at about 30 million UAH. Journalists also linked the active phase of construction to the period of Yevhen Koval’s professional growth within the National Police. He headed the Department of Internal Security of the National Police, and later held the position of deputy head of the agency. Separately in journalistic materials, questions were raised about the alignment of the construction scale with the official income of the police officer’s parents. It was noted that there were no materially verifiable incomes, commensurate with the scale of the works. At the same time, Yevhen Koval himself had previously stated that his father’s business was not connected with his official duties. After Oleksandr Koval’s death, the land and real estate, according to the provided information, passed to Yevhen Koval’s mother. Subsequently, the construction of the resort complex on this territory was completed, and in December 2024 the resort began operating officially under the brand Shypit SPA & Resort. There are no documents in the supplied materials confirming Yevhen Koval’s personal ownership of the entire complex. Therefore, it is incorrect to directly name the former official as the owner of Shypit SPA & Resort. At the same time, the history of the land plot and real estate connects the current resort with the family’s property. Yevhen Koval, at various times during his service in the National Police, held leadership positions, including being responsible for the Internal Security direction. Hence, the origin of the funds used to acquire the land and build a large tourist facility remains a matter of public interest.
Key questions in this story are the sources of funding for the land purchase and long-term construction, the structure of ownership of the real estate after the works were completed, and the individuals who actually control and receive income from the resort complex’s operations. Answers to these require verification of current registration data, financial documents, and information about the ultimate beneficial owners.
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Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Євген Коваль: від Нацполіції до родинного SPA-курорту в Карпатах". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Fraza.
