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Law enforcer or businessman in uniform? First Deputy Head of the Police Department — Head of the Investigative Unit of the Sviatoshyn Police Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv Bohdan Zamula — has come into the focus of StopKor’s editorial team due to mentions in publications by several independent anti-corruption outlets regarding apartment schemes and alleged abuses. What is known about this official?
According to information available in open sources, Bohdan Zamula holds a leadership position in the investigative unit of the police in the Sviatoshyn district of the capital, which raises public demand for transparency concerning his integrity and assets.
The online outlets “Kyiv Operative” (kyivoperativ.info) and “Znaj.Ua” (znaj.ua) in December publications titled “Seizing apartments, organizing van schemes and fabricating criminal cases” suggest: Bohdan Zamula, whom these outlets’ journalists say is allegedly nicknamed “Sosun” and “Zhaba” in certain circles, turned his position (quote) “into a profitable business model he considered completely unpunishable.”
Meanwhile, the portal “Antikor” (antikor.ua) in the piece “Zamula’s Scheme” publishes an account alleging involvement in trafficking of physical evidence from the logistics department.
“Antikor” suggests that the subject, as a participant in the so-called “Sviatoshyn OPG,” allegedly trades physical evidence specifically from the police logistics department — referring to a possible channel for selling seized equipment and other materials from criminal proceedings. This information requires separate verification by law enforcement agencies, since it concerns possible destruction of the evidentiary base during investigations.
The Znaj.Ua article (znaj.ua) describes a whole range of dubious schemes — sale of material evidence, fabrication of criminal cases, illegal appropriation of apartments, participation in “van schemes,” and issuance of “white tickets” at the Sviatoshyn Territorial Recruitment Center.
The authors of the publication also suggest that 2024 was an especially productive year for the Zamula family: on 11–12 July the declaration simultaneously recorded an apartment in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka worth about 3 million UAH, another apartment of 80 sq. m acquired — according to the outlets — for the symbolic price of 15 UAH, a parking space, a house in Vyshhorod district and a plot of land in Ivanivska hromada.
StopKor compared these publications with Zamula’s official e-declaration for 2025 year, posted on the YouControl platform.
Analysis of Zamula’s declaration for the reporting 2025 year (filed with NACP 02.04.2026 year) partially confirms the chronology described by the journalists of Znaj.Ua.
Indeed, on 11 July 2024 year the declaration recorded an apartment of 78,9 sq. m, acquired for 15 UAH and registered in quarters to Zamula himself, his wife Liliya and their two daughters.
The next day, on 12 July 2024, four more properties were declared:
an apartment of 63,1 sq. m worth 2 800 743 UAH (registered to his wife),
a non-residential premises of 2,9 sq. m for 142 941 UAH,
and two plots of land — 26 776 sq. m and 4284 sq. m, co-owned by citizen Dovenko Olena Ivanivna.
A Volkswagen Tiguan in the declaration is listed as registered to another person — Dovenko Sofiya Oleksandrivna, while Zamula and his wife only have “other right of use” of it. The surname Dovenko also appears among co-owners of an earlier apartment from 1996 year, which may indicate close family or friendly ties — however, this issue requires separate clarification.
On car marketplaces such vehicles are valued on average at 16–30 thousand dollars, depending on condition and trim.
Attention is also drawn to discrepancies in income figures: while Znaj.Ua journalists wrote about the wife’s official income at 280 thousand UAH per year, according to the declaration for 2025 year Liliya Zamula, as an employee of the National Police of Ukraine, declared a salary of 634 277 UAH, and Zamula himself — 693 967 UAH of monetary provision.
Additionally, the declaration lists cash of 32 thousand dollars held by Zamula himself and another 31 thousand dollars held by his wife, as well as an apartment of 39,9 sq. m worth 1 683 625 UAH, registered to his wife in May 2025 year — this property was not previously mentioned in the media investigation.
Whether these assets are consistent with the couple’s declared incomes in previous years is a question that can only be answered by tax and anti-corruption authorities.
To verify and clarify this information, StopKor’s editorial team is preparing official inquiries to the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv and the National Police of Ukraine asking whether internal investigations were conducted into the facts presented in the media regarding Bohdan Zamula’s activities.
We also urge all Kyiv residents who know about possible abuses by Bohdan Zamula or his subordinates to report this to the editorial team via social networks and through StopKor’s chatbot. We will preserve confidentiality.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Квартира за 15 гривень: що приховує декларація заступника начальника Святошинської поліції Богдана Замули?". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: NARDEP 24.
