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Prosecutor of the Odesa region Andriy Svatok found himself at the center of a new wave of public accusations in September 2026 of the year after blogger Ihor Lachenkov’s statements about an alleged connection of the official with call centers that worked for clients from the United States and Europe, as well as with the market of funeral services. Simultaneously, in the open information space, publications spreading about Svatok’s property, his family, and possible attention from law enforcement agencies to him appeared.
16 of September Ihor Lachenkov stated, citing sources in law enforcement, that Andriy Svatok was allegedly one of the beneficiaries of call centers that operated from the Odesa region and called citizens of EU countries and the United States. In the same publication, there was talk of allegedly controlling the funeral services market. Separately, Lachenkov claimed that the head of Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office Yuriy Papusha was allegedly involved in this market as well. According to the sources Lachenkov referred to, for certain burials at central cemeteries, they allegedly could demand up to $3000. The blogger also stated that among the people from whom money was allegedly demanded could be the families of fallen servicemen. These assertions remain statements published with reference to unnamed sources and are not established facts by the court yet. Interest in Andriy Svatok intensified against the backdrop of previous publications about his wealth. In a Bihus.Info investigation, to which “Fakty” refer, there was mention of purchasing an apartment of 127 square meters in a club house in Kyiv. According to the version in the publications, the funds for purchasing the property came from Svatok’s grandmothers — approximately $50 thousand hryvnias from each. Another financial episode concerns about $200 thousand hryvnias in cash that Andriy Svatok’s wife declared in 2019 year. Svatok himself explained the appearance of this sum by saying that he declared it based on his wife’s words and did not interfere in her financial affairs before marriage. Thus, questions about Svatok’s wealth were discussed in open space even before this current wave of accusations. A separate thread of statements circulated over the past week about allegedly interest in Andriy Svatok from the State Bureau of Investigation. At the same time, in the publicly available official materials of the DBR, as of the preparation of the material, there was no confirmation of a criminal proceeding specifically regarding Svatok. Therefore, this episode cannot be presented as an established fact. Also in the information space, assertions circulated about allegedly preparing for Svatok a backup place of residence in Austria. Public documents confirming an intention of the prosecutor to leave the country or prepare for a flight were not found in available official materials. Another claim that appeared in the wave of publications concerned allegedly a road traffic accident involving Andriy Svatok’s daughter. Reliable confirmation of this episode in open law enforcement messages was also not found. Therefore, it can only be considered a circulating assertion, not a proven fact.
At the same time, attention to Andriy Svatok has an officially confirmed part. According to the declaration submitted for 2025 year in 2026 year, Svatok continues to serve as head of the Odesa regional prosecutor’s office. He was appointed to this position in July 2025 year. Before being transferred to Odesa, he worked as the first deputy head of the Kyiv regional prosecutor’s office. Separately, attention was drawn to information about the deletion of publications from Telegram channels. According to data circulated by the channel “Udalyonka,” negative materials about Andriy Svatok simultaneously disappeared from four large Telegram channels — INSIDER UA, “Real War,” Times of Ukraine and “Ukraine Online.” The message claims that within about one hour a total of 23 posts were deleted. This episode is linked by the authors of the message to the allegedly “cleansing” of information about the prosecutor Andriy Svatok on the internet. However, simultaneous deletion of publications does not in itself prove who made the decision to remove them, whether they were removed for a reward, or whether Svatok himself had any relation to it. There are no public documents confirming payment for such deletion or the prosecutor’s personal directive in the available materials. The fact of disappearance of specific posts requires separate verification through Telegram archives, preserved copies, timestamps, and primary references to the deleted messages. Without such verification, the number 23 in the publication should be correctly presented as data of the authors, not as independently established fact. The public wave around Andriy Svatok thus consists of several blocks: accusations of possible connection with call centers, statements about control of the funeral business, questions about wealth and cash, unconfirmed claims about attention from the DBR, Austria and a car accident, and statements about the synchronous deletion of negative publications. Andriy Svatok, meanwhile, remains the head of the Odesa regional prosecutor’s office. The main accusations voiced by Ihor Lachenkov are currently presented as information with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. Public court rulings that would establish Andriy Svatok’s guilt in relation to the described claims are not contained in the materials provided.
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