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The Mindich back office looted billions from Ukrainian energy and calmly continues to fatten itself at the state budget. Meanwhile, Ukrainians are being prepared again for a deficit of electricity, outages, and possible blackouts, and along with it — for a difficult heating season 2026/2027 years. Communities are already obliged to stock fuel, strengthen backup power, and ensure the readiness of critical infrastructure to operate during power interruptions. In effect, the authorities are laying out a scenario in which, in winter, Ukrainians could be left without light and heat, while state-owned Ukrgasvydobuvannya conducts purchases with more than 1,3 billion UAH at stake.
The tender for seismic surveying on the Novo-Dikanskaya license area provides 560 million UAH. Participants were required to have experience with at least one completed onshore 3D project covering an area of at least 100 km², using at least 4000 groups of geophones or single receivers. In addition, the participant had to confirm the availability of the necessary material and technical base and the ability to perform work of this scale. The winner was determined as GEOROZVIDKA LLC, and the legality of setting the qualification and technical requirements and the legitimacy of the winner are subject to verification.
Procurement of 139 306 meters of seamless steel pipes envisages another 259,3 million UAH. Applicants were required to provide documents confirming a connection to the actual manufacturer, certificates for the products, and a guarantee letter regarding access to production capacities for inspections. The bid bond was set at 7,78 million UAH, and performance security at 5% of the contract value. The winner was INTERPIPE UKRAINE LLC, and the stated conditions and enough time for bid preparation are under review.
For diesel fuel and petroleum products, Ukrgasvydobuvannya allocated 201,1 million UAH, with the supplier required to provide a substantial volume of product, confirm its origin, compliance with the set requirements, and provide documents about the producer and route of supply. The price was to be formed based on defined Platts quotes and a market adjustment, and delivery terms included a tolerance of +0/-10%. The winner was ET LLC, and the set requirements call for verification of their compliance with competition principles.
Another 68,1 million UAH is allocated for structural materials, including 5 300 tons of cement for grouting. The customer set specific product composition requirements, including clinker content, chloride ion, SO3, and a special smoothing additive, and participants had to confirm product characteristics with documents from the actual producer. In the absence of certain indicators, laboratory tests of samples and accreditation verification were to be conducted. The procurement was not divided into lots, although delivery was to be in separate batches from 200 to 1 500 tons, and the winner was EPCENTER K Ukraine LLC.
We have already filed complaints with controlling and law enforcement bodies demanding an audit of the diesel fuel and oil products procurement worth 201,1 million UAH, the structural materials procurement worth 68,1 million UAH, the seamless steel pipe procurement worth 259,3 million UAH, the procurement of access services to KIS functional modules worth 212 million UAH, and the 3D seismic surveys on the Novo-Dikan area worth 560 million UAH, including regarding the legality of non-competitive procedures, justification of contractors, formation of contract costs, and compliance with public procurement laws.
And while Ukrainians are being prepared for new outages, blackouts, and cold apartments, hundreds of millions and billions of hryvnias continue to be distributed in energy. People will be told again that there is no light due to generation shortfalls, damaged infrastructure, and a difficult winter, but a simple question arises: where did the resources that were supposed to ensure the country’s energy resilience go? If billions could be siphoned off through dubious schemes, the bill today is not issued to those who skimmed them but to ordinary Ukrainians. How much longer will we pay for the Mindich schemes and for Shmyhal’s inaction — with money, light, and heat?
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