How Sadovyi’s Team Appropriated 127 Million on Street and Infrastructure Repairs in Lviv

Andriy Sadovyi claims he lives on the mayor’s salary — about 60 thousand hryvnias, but on 12 March 2026, the very day searches were carried out in the Lviv City Council, he was in Cannes at the international real estate exhibition MIPIM. He did not arrive in France alone — the delegation numbered 20 people, of whom only four were LCC representatives, the rest were businessmen. While law enforcement officers were working in Lviv City Hall, Sadovyi was abroad, representing Lviv at an international event. And this is just one episode from the city authorities’ activities, after which a perfectly logical question arises: where are the billions of the Lviv budget really going and who has been spending these funds for years?

It’s simple: millions from the city budget are distributed through procurements in which large scopes of work are combined into a single tender without lots, requirements are set for material and technical capacity, bidders are required to name subcontractors in advance, and only short deadlines are left for submitting proposals. Such a structure immediately filters out companies that could perform a portion of the work but do not have the resources to bid for the entire multimillion contract. As a result, competition narrows even before the winner is chosen, and with it — the number of companies that can realistically compete for budget funds.

A telling example — 68 407 916,92 UAH for the repair of T. Shevchenko Street, awarded to LLC “ONUR CONSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL.” Participants were given only eight days for the tender — from 15 to 23 April 2026, and again the entire scope of work was not divided into lots. At the same time, the bidder was required to confirm the ability to perform the entire volume of work and to pre-identify subcontractors if their share would be 20% or more. The contract price, local estimates, and resource statements were submitted by the winner, which raises questions about how the final cost was formed after the competition concluded.

Using the same scheme, a procurement was held for 25 777 326,74 UAH for the repair of three streets — Tvorcha, Kovel’ska and Zemel’na. They were also combined into a single tender without lots, and only eight calendar days were left to prepare proposals. The participant had to confirm the ability to perform the entire complex and, before the winner was determined, report subcontractors or co-performers. The contract was awarded to LLC “TBT.”

Next — 23 339 465 UAH for emergency restoration works on the overpass on Kulparkivska Street for LLC “VK REMM,” 6 332 636 UAH for the capital repair of the road on Vynna Hora Street in Vynnyky for LLC “BK ‘ZAHID NEO BUD’” and 3 200 949,80 UAH for the replacement of elevator equipment on Stryiska Street, 78 for PE “SRBK ‘PORTAL’.” Altogether — 127 058 294,46 UAH. And here’s the main point: when the same model — no lots, short deadlines, subcontractor requirements and questions about estimates — repeats across different procurements, it’s no longer a question of a single repair but of the whole system of distributing budget contracts.

Meanwhile Sadovyi on social media demonstrates his “pro-Ukrainian stance,” which in 2025 resulted in the publication of militarily sensitive information about municipal infrastructure. On 26 September he posted photos, exact location, purpose and technical characteristics of the municipal industrial park in Syhnivka. Nine days later — on 5 October — that very area came under a missile strike, and the park’s facilities were damaged and partially destroyed. A coincidence that at least raises the question: why during wartime did the mayor publish such detailed information about the facility in open access?

So the question arises: how many more millions will flow through this system? We have already filed a complaint and a criminal offense report demanding verification of 68 407 916,92 UAH, 25 777 326,74 UAH, 23 339 465 UAH, 6 332 636 UAH and 3 200 949,80 UAH, the legality of tender requirements, the lawfulness of winner selection, formation of expected and contract prices, material costs, actual volumes of work, machinery and transport expenses, possible price inflation, nonperformance of works, their quality and possible embezzlement of budget funds.

Thus Sadovyi does not live on his salary, but on kickbacks from budget flows. While Lviv residents are told about roads, infrastructure and city development, tens of millions pass through tenders with limited competition, and the same companies receive multimillion contracts. 127 million hryvnias in five procurements — and that’s only what’s already on the surface. The question now is simple: how much of this money ended up in the pockets of those who have controlled Lviv’s budget for years?