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Assets of the bankrupt Delta Bank have remained the subject of years of litigation, bankruptcies, and changes in company ownership. One of the most illustrative episodes is 21,66 hectares in Irpin, which, after being contributed to the charter capital of a private company, ended up in a bankruptcy proceeding where creditors included structures connected to the bank’s former owner Mykola Lahun and his sister Antonina.
This is stated in materials from the Federation of Employers of Ukraine and in publications dedicated to problems with selling assets of bankrupt banks.
The mechanism looks like this: an asset of a bankrupt bank is sold through the Deposit Guarantee Fund, after which the buyer can spend years defending its ownership rights in court. If the property ends up in the debtor company’s bankruptcy proceedings, creditors’ claims can be satisfied from that company’s assets. This is exactly the situation that arose around the Irpin land.
In 2020 year 5 land plots with a total area of 21,66 hectares were contributed to the charter capital of Building Side LLC. Later the company entered bankruptcy proceedings. Creditors in the case became companies whose corporate histories are linked to Lahun and his sister. As a result, there was a risk that the land, which had already passed through the sale of a bank asset, could again transfer to structures connected with the previous owner.
And this is far from the only land block associated with the former owner of Delta Bank.
In Kozyn the territories of the former holiday bases Lastivka, Sosnovyi bir and Trykotazhnytsia are in question. According to open registries, the corresponding assets are registered to Askar Tau Invest LLC, Velbert Invest LLC and Imperta LLC. Their owner is named as Hennadiy Lytvyn, whom the media link to Lahun’s business circle.
An even larger story is in Bilohorodka. There appear companies Belgrad, Krem-1, Graffiti-2, Borodyaninvestmens and Hrad Vilne, to which land plots ranging from 17 to 116 hectares are attributed. According to the cited data, these structures previously belonged to Lahun or his sister.
The total area of the mentioned lands in Bilohorodka exceeds 300 hectares. Their combined value was previously estimated at approximately $30 million.
After sanctions were imposed against Lahun in September 2025, companies linked to land plots of 17 and 29 hectares were rewritten to a Tajik citizen. Some of these assets were pledged to UkrEximBank. Another company with assets worth almost 230 million UAH, according to the data cited, was re-registered to an Uzbek citizen.
The total value of known assets of Ukrainian companies that journalists link to Lahun directly or through nominal owners is estimated at least 1,5 billion UAH. Separately, court materials mention nearly 100 land plots in the Chernihiv region. Publications also mention land in Ivano-Frankivsk region and real estate in occupied Crimea.
Against this backdrop, the scale of Delta Bank’s problems looks much larger than individual land disputes. The National Bank withdrew the bank from the market in 2015. After that, the Deposit Guarantee Fund paid depositors more than 16 billion UAH. Separately, the state is trying to recover about 23 billion UAH in damages. Lahun himself, in proceedings over his own insolvency, declared more than 7,5 billion UAH in debts, including to Oschadbank and UkrEximBank.
Law enforcement claims against Lahun have also arisen over the years. In 2020 year he was notified of suspicion for tax evasion on an especially large scale. In 2021 year — for embezzlement of 1 billion UAH. In April 2023 year 2 indictments were sent to court. In November of the same year Lahun was declared wanted, and on 5 November 2024 year — placed on an international wanted list.
On 20 September 2025 year the National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions on Lahun for 10 years. Decree No.694/2025 provides, in particular, for asset blocking, restrictions on trade operations and a ban on capital outflows.
In 2026 year another criminal proceeding appeared — No.42026000000000563 under part 3 of article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine concerning legalization of property obtained by criminal means in an especially large amount. According to publications, the court seized cryptocurrency assets and accounts linked to Binance, Revolut, Wise, Monese, Erste Bank and Turkish Ziraat Bankasi. In this proceeding, the damage to the Deposit Guarantee Fund is estimated at 22,8 billion UAH.
In September 2026 year, according to the cited data, searches were carried out of nominee directors of companies connected with this story. Lahun himself, media report, is located in Vienna.
In the end, the Delta Bank story long ago exceeded the bounds of bank liquidation. While the state is trying to recover billions through the courts, individual assets end up in new companies, bankruptcy proceedings and chains of ownership changes.
Irpin — 21,66 hectares and Building Side’s bankruptcy. Bilohorodka — over 300 hectares of companies, some of which were rewritten to foreigners after sanctions. Kozyn — former holiday bases registered to structures the media associate with Lahun’s circle.
The question now is not only how much money the state is trying to recover from Delta Bank’s former owner. Equally important is what happens to specific assets that for years move between companies, creditors and owners while courts and criminal proceedings continue.
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