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After the dismissal of Ruslan Kravchenko, the Office of the Prosecutor General will temporarily be headed by Anton Kovalsky.
After the dismissal of Ruslan Kravchenko, the Office of the Prosecutor General will temporarily be headed by Anton Kovalsky.
President Volodymyr Zelensky 17 on September entrusted Anton Kovalsky with acting prosecutors general of Ukraine. Activists have already found compromising material on him. They say Kovalsky has property typically registered to relatives, a wife who is a businesswoman, and controversial subordinates.
Education and career
Kovalsky, who 42 was born in Vinnytsia. In 2011 year he graduated from the National Academy of the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine with a specialty in Law and began work in the prosecutor's offices.
Over the years of his work Kovalsky has held positions of senior investigator, prosecutor, and head in the Vinnytsia regional prosecutor's office. In 2020 - 2021 years he was the deputy head of the Vinnytsia regional prosecutor's office.
In November 2021 Kovalsky headed the Chernivtsi regional prosecutor's office. From 1 July 2025 year he led the Khmelnytsky regional prosecutor's office, where his predecessor became involved in a scandal around prosecutors with disabilities.
Profile of Prosecutor Kovalsky
The Center for Anti-Corruption and Civil Society (Centre against Corruption) reminded of the dossier on this official, since activists have long analyzed all heads of regional prosecutors' offices appointed by former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
According to activists, as in a classic case, most of Kovalsky's property is registered to relatives, and his wife is a successful entrepreneur.
From 2011, i.e. since the purchase, until 2022 Kovalsky traveled by a car registered to his brother.
Since 2018 Kovalsky and his family have used an apartment in Vinnytsia of 79 square meters. The apartment, registered to his mother, was used by the family immediately after purchase.
"So in fact it was bought for the needs of the prosecutor's family. At the same time there are questions about the source of funds of the mother, who worked in a psychiatric hospital," the Centre's material notes.
Activists established that in 2019 year her income without taxation totaled 51 thousand UAH; in 2020 – 72 thousand UAH; in 2021 – 122,5 thousand UAH.
"There were no savings over those years, so it is unclear how such incomes could have bought an apartment," they added.
Regarding Kovalsky's wife, who is originally from Russia, since 2019 year a new Nissan Qashqai has been registered in her name. But in various declarations the price of this car is listed differently.
In March 2023 year Kovalsky's wife Oksana became a sole proprietor (FOP).
"And quite successful. After only the first year she earned income of 5,2 million UAH. So, if one trusts the declared data, selling sports nutrition allowed earning over 500 thousand UAH per month. Given the business's specifics, there are doubts about such a high income for the wife's start of business," Center for Countering Disinformation argues.
Controversial subordinates
In addition, acting attorney general also has scandals around his aides.
One of his deputies is Maksym Kuterha. According to hromadske.ua, in 2019 year he failed the attestation and was dismissed from the prosecutor's office.
However, in 2020 year he was reinstated through the OA S A C and secured over 300 thousand UAH in compensation. Later he received a lawyer's license, working in a structure with a clearly "Tatar" footprint.
Only in 2024 year did Kuterha and his wife acquire property worth about 325 thousand dollars (more than 13 million UAH). Kuterha's mother-in-law bought three real estate objects, working as a head of a pharmacy.
"And there is also Kuterha's father-in-law, who received suspicions from NABU, fled from Ukraine to the Russian Federation and was convicted in absentia for collaboration to 8 years in prison. You have probably read about another subordinate - Prosecutor Anton Vendel, who was recently fired over an OnlyFans account? Moreover, some of his videos were filmed in a service office and sent to court staff," activists note and demand an independent competition for the position of prosecutor general.
"Without changing procedures, changing surnames in the prosecutor general's chair will not matter. It is also important to restore the competitions for heads of regional prosecutor offices, which Kravchenko arbitrarily removed, to appoint Kovalsky and similar people in manual mode," Center for Countering Disinformation summed up.
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