Almost 200 million for “heat”: how twin companies circumvent the AMCU ban in Vyshneve under Mayor Illia Dikov’s wing

In Vyshneve — near Kyiv — after the attack on an ammunition depot in July 2026, five streets were destroyed and hundreds of locals lost their homes. While residents continue to suffer from attacks by Russian UAVs, Vyshneve authorities impress with their ability to evade oversight during procurement tenders.

This is reported by the outlet "Telegraph."

A striking example is the municipal enterprise "Vyshnivskteploenergo." The editorial team analyzed the enterprise’s procurements and noticed a powerful tandem of contractors. Together, the companies "Municipal Construction Technologies" (MCT) and "Municipal Construction Group" (MCG) won tenders worth 188,9 million UAH.

Thanks to this figure, both firms confidently entered the list of the largest suppliers to "Vyshnivskteploenergo."

Main points:

Vyshnivskteploenergo’s favorite was put on the "black list"

The municipal enterprise "Vyshnivskteploenergo" supplies hot water and heating in Vyshneve. It is one of the city’s largest municipal enterprises, handling tens of millions of hryvnias. As with many municipal enterprises, it has favorites that regularly win the most desirable tenders.

Previously, that "favorite" at the enterprise was "Municipal Construction Group." MCG won tenders worth 128 million UAH in just a few years (2023 and 2024). The LLC was involved in the reconstruction of heating networks. But later it turned out that MCG was cheating.

The company ended up on the AMCU’s black list for violations in a tender: it was fined 5,2 million UAH and banned from participating in tenders for three years. This happened in a purchase by the same "Vyshnivskteploenergo." Several companies participated in the bidding, including "KM Bud" and MCG. They used the same IP address, coordinated their bid prices, and carried out the work together (this concerned the reconstruction of heating networks).

AMCU fined the companies "KM Bud" and MCG for tender violations

Instead of competitive bidding, a typical collusion took place at the tenders. MCG’s victory thanks to coordinated actions of competitors was the result of arrangements. And of course, there was no question of price reduction as a result of competitive bidding.

A longtime favorite was replaced by a new one: with a similar name and the same owners

Last year, because of the AMCU decision MCG lost the ability to participate in tenders. But that did not help remove the scheme’s organizers.

Thus, the winner of tenders for network reconstruction, "Municipal Construction Group," was replaced by a firm with the same founders and a similar name. LLC "Municipal Construction Technologies" received over 60,9 million UAH from the municipal enterprise "Vyshnivskteploenergo." MCT has existed for less than three years and changed its director four times in the past year alone. According to the latest report, it has four employees, and a few months ago the company "moved

Interestingly, after signing contracts with "Vyshnivskteploenergo" the address, director, and even the owner of the LLC changed. At the same time, at least some of the tenders proceeded with violations. For example, in June 2025 the firm won a tender for the reconstruction of a heating network in Vyshneve for 26,2 million UAH. "Vyshnivskteploenergo" held an open tender, and the contract on behalf of the municipal enterprise was signed on 18 July by acting director Serhii Mazur. The work was supposed to be completed last year, but along the way three additional agreements were signed, and the schedule was extended to 2026.

Among a whole range of tenders between the municipal enterprise and the LLC, this one in particular drew special attention from oversight bodies. The State Audit Service found a number of violations in the tender and ordered the contract to be terminated. There is no information that the municipal enterprise terminated the contract. We will separately ask the auditors how the State Audit Service will respond to this.

The State Audit Service does not publicly disclose the substance of the violation. They usually withhold inspection materials because they pass them to law enforcement and they become part of a pre-trial investigation. But given that officials cited a violation of subparagraph 2 of paragraph 44 of Cabinet Resolution No. 1178, the municipal enterprise likely had lawful grounds to reject LLC "Municipal Construction Technologies"’s proposal (for example, due to noncompliance with the technical specification or absence of mandatory documents), but did not do so.

Already a few weeks after signing the mentioned contract, on 5 August 2025, the municipal enterprise and "Municipal Construction Technologies" signed a new one — almost for 15 million UAH — for the reconstruction of the heating network on Kyivska Street in Vyshneve. The tender took place with a single participant. The municipal enterprise continues to procure from MCT this year as well.

Who owns MCG and MCT: we name the names

"Municipal Construction Technologies" was founded in September 2023 by Kyiv resident Lyudmyla Denysiuk together with her Vinnytsia partner Serhii Korinets. In April 2025, on the eve of receiving the first tenders in Vyshneve, two new owners appeared in the company: Anton Maksymovych and Dmytro Usanov. Four months later Usanov’s share was transferred to Kyiv resident Larysa Partakeli. After that the company was re-registered to Serhii Smirnov, and later to Kyiv resident Tetiana Kuzub, who also officially works as the firm’s director.

Likely, Tetiana Kuzub is a front owner, since more than 300 companies across the country have already been registered to the 52-year-old woman. In addition, she has been issued dozens of administrative fines because she does not keep tax records in her LLCs.

However, the first owner of "Municipal Construction Technologies," Lyudmyla Denysiuk, is probably not an accidental person. In 2022 she also founded the aforementioned "Municipal Construction Group."

Now "Municipal Construction Group," like "Municipal Construction Technologies," is registered to a front person. At the end of 2025, already after the AMCU decision, the company was registered to Mykolaiv resident Dmytro Zakhoda, on whom more than 150 companies are registered.

So one company was illegally profiting from "Vyshnivskteploenergo" tenders, and when AMCU stopped it, the same tenders began to be won by a twin company with the same founder and a similar name. And this twin was also caught violating rules — this time by the State Audit Service.

Who is really responsible for the scandalous tenders?

Both firms are already registered to front persons, although at different times the same people appeared as managers or founders here: Kyiv residents Lyudmyla Denysiuk, Serhii Smirnov, and Dmytro Usanov.

If firms can successfully hide real owners behind front people, the municipal enterprise has a director whose appointment is decided by the local authorities and who reports to the city mayor. "Vyshnivskteploenergo" was headed by Serhii Mazur from April 2023 to August 2026, and last month the enterprise’s director became Rita Kholodenko. The mayor of Vyshneve has been unchanged since 2011 — former police colonel Illia Dikov.

Dikov is a true political long-timer who has survived more than one scandal. In 2018 he appeared on tapes where he offered a bribe to then acting Minister of Health Ulana Suprun. For hospital equipment he promised her an apartment in Vyshneve. Suprun appealed to law enforcement and recorded all conversations.

On one of the recordings Dikov says: "How you declare it is your question, whether you bought it or not… But there are certain funds, my personal ones." He planned to register an apartment to his fund in the residential complex "Akvareli-2."

Dikov’s case was "buried." At first the bribe was investigated by the SAP, which at the time was headed by Nazar Kholodnytskyi (who had worked with Dikov in law enforcement for four years). The tapes captured Kholodnytskyi instructing the developer of "Akvareli-2," Serhii Kaftiu, on how to behave at interrogation and warning about possible searches.

After the SAP the case was transferred to the National Police and ultimately closed. The current head of the SAP enjoys greater trust and has not been involved in similar scandals. So perhaps it is time for NABU to once again turn its attention to Mr. Dikov, his strange procurements, and possible ties to developers. To be continued…