Aston Martin during the war: who in Ukraine is buying luxury cars costing hundreds of thousands of dollars

Aston Martin during the war: who in Ukraine is buying luxury cars costing hundreds of thousands of dollars

During the large-scale war, 66 Aston Martin cars were imported to Ukraine and registered for the first time (the text below also mentions cars that were re-registered to new owners). Among the owners of these luxury cars are car companies and well-known entrepreneurs. Such vehicles are often registered to limited liability companies, for example to large agricultural enterprises or firms owned by successful businessmen.

In recent years Aston Martin has also been added to the fleets of a lawmaker’s mother-in-law, a city councilor’s wife, and a partner of a fugitive oligarch, as well as large agricultural producers. It is effectively litmus paper showing who currently has the greatest financial capabilities in Ukraine. So far this list does not include representatives of the miltech sector; likely their earnings will soon also be converted into luxury cars and real estate.

This is reported in an article by Telegraf.

Who bought Aston Martin: famous (and not so famous) names

A total of five Aston Martins of the 2026 year of manufacture are registered in the country. There are no high-profile names among the owners of such cars. For example, an Aston Martin DBX S (2026) was registered in May to Ivan Motsak, a resident of the Chernivtsi region. Such a car can cost about 300 thousand dollars.

Since 2021, Motsak has been registered as a sole proprietor with the main activity listed as “Other types of education.” A significantly more expensive car was registered in April to the LLC “Personal Ukrainian Leasing.” This concerns an Aston Martin Vanquish of the 2026 year, which may cost more than 500 thousand dollars. That company is engaged in financial leasing, and its activities also include car trade.

Because the firm offers long-term rental with mandatory purchase of the vehicle, it is quite possible that one of its clients is already using the luxury car. The owner of the LLC is shareholder of Bank Alliance, Oleksandr Sosis. The remaining cars of the 2026 year were registered to the official importer and brand representative in Ukraine – the company “AVT Bavaria.”

Among the newly minted owners of a luxury car is also the 68-year-old mother-in-law of lawmaker Natalya Mushemanska.

One of the Aston Martins is owned by Natalya Mushemanska – the mother-in-law of the People’s Deputy from Batkivshchyna, Oleh Meydych. Screenshot: YouControl

Her daughter Tetiana is the wife of People’s Deputy from Batkivshchyna Oleh Meydych. An Aston Martin DBX of the 2022 year was registered to the retiree in February of 2026. Such a car costs about 175 thousand dollars. It is likely that earlier this car belonged to a company associated with Meydych, Inovers Group.

Oleh Meydych with his wife. Photo: Suspilne

According to his declaration, Meydych is a millionaire. Companies connected to him operate in the security services sector as well as in the production and trade of dairy and meat products.

A whole fleet of luxury cars has been assembled by 70-year-old Odesa businessman Serhiy Frolov. In addition to several LLCs, the man also has a sole proprietor registration with the main activity listed as “intermediation in the trade of agricultural raw materials.” Frolov owns:

Rolls-Royce Cullinan (2019) – costs up to 350 thousand dollars (registered in November 2020);

Bentley Bentayga (2020) – up to 230 thousand dollars (registered in August 2020);

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta (2013) – up to 240 thousand dollars (registered in October 2013);

Land Rover Range Rover (2023) – up to 190 thousand dollars (registered in April 2023);

Aston Martin DBX707 (2022) – about 260 thousand dollars (registered in April 2026).

The total value of such a fleet can reach 1,3 million dollars. Frolov is engaged in wholesale grain trading. In 2009 he built the Borivazh elevator complex, and before that he served as general director of the terminal of the same name. He also owns the venture fund VCF “Roxton.”

In January of 2026, an Aston Martin DBX of the 2023 year was purchased by Oksana Kizliar from Khmelnytskyi. Telegraf managed to find an ad for the sale of this car: the price was 185 thousand dollars. Mrs. Oksana’s husband is Oleksandr Kizliar, who in May this year refused a mandate as a deputy of the Khmelnytskyi City Council (he ran from Batkivshchyna).

Aston Martin DBX 2023 year

At the end of last year the NACP found signs of false information in his declaration totaling more than 38,8 million hryvnias. In particular, the official could not confirm the lawful origin of more than 25,1 million hryvnias, and also “forgot” to declare personal income of more than 12 million hryvnias received from unidentified sources and used to purchase movable and immovable property.

A significantly more expensive model – an Aston Martin DBX 707 2023 year – was registered to LLC “Strum Trade” in April of 2024. Such a car can cost from 250 thousand dollars. According to YouControl, “Strum Trade” is part of the group of oligarch Dmytro Firtash. Officially the company is registered to Ihor Voronin, the former chairman of Ukrgaz-Energo. In 2017, as media reported, Voronin personally came to support Firtash at a trial in Austria.

Who else owns Aston Martin: successful businessmen and NABU subjects

Last year an Aston Martin DBX 707 2023 year was also registered to LLC “Prologis.” Almost simultaneously, a Land Rover Range Rover of the 2024 year was registered to the same company (its value may be about 200 thousand dollars). The LLC belongs to Ihor Sukhodolskiy – co-founder and development director of the pharmaceutical distributor BaDM. This company’s share of the Ukrainian market is about 40%.

One of the largest agricultural companies in Ukraine, MHP, owned by billionaire Yuriy Kosiuk, also has an Aston Martin. A green Aston Martin DBX of the 2023 year was registered to the enterprise three years ago. At that time such a car could cost about 150 thousand dollars.

Known Aston Martin owners. Infographic: Telegraf

At the same time, this is not the most expensive car of this brand bought by business representatives. For example, an Aston Martin DBX707 2024 year, which costs about 340 thousand dollars, was registered last year to the company “Bud.Invest.Project.” It has three owners: Andriy Zaika (41%), Dmytro Kozlov (41%), and Maryna Chyrva (18%). From May 2015 to February 2017 he headed the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine.

Now, together with Kozlov and Chyrva, he is co-owner of the group of companies “Novyi Zir – Eximer.” They operate in the medical field and unite the network of ophthalmology centers “Novyi Zir,” Eximer clinics, and the network of medical coworking spaces “Kabimed.”

Early models of cars can cost no less than modern ones. For example, businessman Oleksandr Tislenko has owned an Aston Martin DBS 2008 year since 2009. In Ukraine such a vehicle costs about 185 thousand dollars, and offers on the market appear rarely.

If one orders an Aston Martin DBS 2008 year from European auctions independently, the base bid without customs clearance and delivery can start from 170 thousand dollars.

Tislenko is a figure in a high-profile NABU case that the High Anti-Corruption Court has been considering for several years. According to the prosecution, the businessman gave bribes to the then head of the State Agency of Automobile Roads, Sławomir Nowak. Later Nowak returned to his native Poland, where he was detained for creating a criminal organization. Law enforcement officers calculated that Tislenko alone managed to give Nowak about 600 thousand dollars in bribes.

These funds, the investigation believes, helped the company Altcom, owned by Tislenko, to win a tender for the repair of sections of the M-05 Kyiv–Odesa road, which was financed by an EBRD loan.

The analysis of the luxury car market during the full-scale war shows an interesting trend: despite economic challenges and the crisis, the fleet of supercars in Ukraine continues to be replenished with exclusive models. Buyers of such cars are most often not only large entrepreneurs and agroholdings, but also relatives of politicians, former high officials, and subjects of anti-corruption investigations.