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The curator of the Big Construction, Yuriy Holyk, has been «sucking up» to miltech: drones, state tenders, and related firms.
The name of former advisor to the head of Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration Yuriy Holyk is confidently associated with the project “Big Construction,” initiated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy even before the full-scale invasion began. Journalists and anti-corruption bodies investigated a plot in state tenders where firms close to former head Holyk Valentyn Reznichenko won. Recently this case was sent to court. Meanwhile Holyk has partly dropped out of the journalists’ field of view. And it’s a pity. It emerged that firms from the “great thievery” continue to earn handsomely on state tenders to this day, while Holyk has started moving into miltech.
In a 2024 year, when the scandal about embezzlement at the «Big Construction» broke out, Holyk left Ukraine to Austria as a volunteer from the charitable foundation «Songs Born in ATO» . He himself claimed that he did not run away anywhere, but it was another trip to procure goods needed for the Armed Forces. He claimed that he had crossed the border many times before and always returned, declaring aid to the army.
A lot connects him with Austria. In particular, businessman Denys Ostrovskyi, founder of the company SK Stroyinvest. This company won a substantial number of state orders during Valentyn Reznichenko’s tenure in Dnipropetrovsk region. Journalists published correspondence from Yuriy Holyk’s phone in which he effectively consulted Ostrovskyi on tenders.
Denys Ostrovskyi is simultaneously the founder of Austrian company ODM BAU & Investitions, whose activities are led by lawyer Serhiy Bakhariev. The latter also works at Deverte Holding GmbH.
This company is listed among founders of LLC «K.A.N.», which is part of the group of businessman Oleksandr Spektor.
Spektor until April 2024 was co-owner of the firm «Creative Staff Senator», shares of which Yuriy Holyk owns. This company is part of the group that runs creative spaces Creative States. One of the large offices is located in the Senator business center of Spektor.
In June 2026 the Security Service conducted searches at Oleksandr Spektor. The investigation suspects that the businessman, through controlled firms, helped the state traitor Viktor Medvedchuk circumvent sanctions and move funds out of Ukraine.
Several recent interviews of Yuriy Holyk were given precisely in the spaces of Creative States. For example, a detailed account that he and a team of engineers set up drone production.
On his Facebook page you can see many posts devoted to modern solutions in the defense sector. He also posts photos of unmanned aerial vehicles produced by his team on order for the military.
From media publications one can learn that Holyk is involved in the modernization of the Sting UAV. Officially these drones are produced by the company «Wild Hornets». The firm has its roots in the charitable foundation «Community of Wild Hornets», which was registered in 2023 year.
Among the founders is the editor-in-chief of «Business.Censor» Yuriy Vinnikchuk. An unnamed person, identifiable as Vinnichuk, in an interview with «Defenders» recounted how «Wild Hornets» appeared: «A small team of people from different fields organized: an IT specialist, a film director, a builder and two media people».
The second media figure in «Hornets» is clearly another founder of the charitable organization – Vyacheslav Kozyr. On the network one can find at least one joint material prepared by Vinnichuk and Kozyr.
Now the head of the «Community of Wild Hornets» is Ihor Mikushev. In 2023 year he gave an interview to «Censor» as a volunteer of the charitable foundation «Freedom to Ukraine» from Kyiv region. Co-founder of this foundation is presumably the former official from Holyk’s home region Dnipropetrovsk, Iryna Polshchan.
In 2026 year another journalist joined the «Hornets» — Alex Roslin, who writes for KyivPost. He is called the coordinator of the «Wild Hornets» project.
In April 2024 the charitable foundation «Community of Wild Hornets» grew into an official company LLC «Ukrainian Machines». Its director is the aforementioned Yuriy Vinniutchuk. The firm actively wins state tenders for the supply of Sting UAVs.
for example, in July 2026 the company «Ukrainian Machines» won a tender for the supply of Sting UAVs with a digital thermal imaging camera for the Department of Defense Work of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration worth 4,4 million hryvnias. In February the firm gained the opportunity to earn 2,3 million hryvnias on the supply of 24 drones for a military unit in Lviv region. In the summer 2026 a tender was won for Sting drones for the National Police in Sumy region. For this contract «Ukrainian Machines» will receive from the budget almost 3 million hryvnias.
According to official documents Yuriy Holyk’s business is a stake in Creative States, 25% in sports centers linked to former minister Dmytro Dubilet, Smartass and another quarter of a winery connected to former tennis player Serhiy Stakhovskyi. The latter recently demobilized from the Armed Forces.
In July 2023 year there were reports about testing of the flight complex BPLA «STING A», the development and production of which were launched by Yuriy Holyk together with Stakhovskyi.
Informally Holyk can continue to receive benefits from his good acquaintance Denys Ostrovskyi’s work in SK Stroyinvest. In 2026 year the firm won state tenders for about 600 million hryvnias. In 2025 year there were tenders won for 2 billion hryvnias, and in 2024 year for 2,4 billion hryvnias. Most often SK Stroyinvest wins state orders in Dnipropetrovsk region and Zaporizhzhia. But in September this year the firm entered the capital. Holyk’s comrade Ostrovskyi plans to earn on repairing a park in the Dnipro district for 88,5 million hryvnias.
By coincidence this year the political Olympus saw the return of former vice prime minister and infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, who supervised the Big Construction. In January he became an advisor to the president on community development. In particular, Kyiv is among his advisory circle.
In 2021-2022 years the former minister rented 290-meter apartments in Kyiv, which belong to business partner of Yuriy Holyk, Olena Komleiva.
The woman is a co-founder of the site «Bespaltka.ua» together with Holyk. On her LinkedIn profile it is stated that she works as executive director of «Bespaltka». Holyk and Komleiva intersect in LLC «Mass Media», LLC «Media East», LLC «Modern Media Technologies» and LLC «77 online media».
Returning to Denys Ostrovskyi, it is worth mentioning one more of his firms — «Ukrainian Power of Energy». In 2026 year the company won tenders for supplying electricity to municipal and state enterprises for 72 million hryvnias, in 2025-year — for 228 million, and in 2024 year for 670 million hryvnias.
In his social networks Yuriy Holyk brags often about the former achievements of the «Reznichenko team» in Dnipro and uses them as an example for other regions, forgetting to remind that his former boss is under investigation for probable embezzlement and promotion of his own firms to implement these successes. He also pays attention to the defense sector and drone production. Holyk travels a lot, rides a bicycle in a suit with an UAE inscription, and perhaps thus tries to quell the scandal from the emails found on his phone by law enforcement. But these very messages answer the question: “And where is the money?”.
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