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Elite cars and 55 thousand dollars in cash: Deputy Defense Minister Banik did not declare his wife’s income and assets after divorce
Deputy Defense Minister Mstyslav Banik, responsible for procurement, did not declare his wife’s income for the past year.
This information is contained in his declaration for 2025 year.
Banik is a member of Fedorov’s team. He joined the Ministry of Digital Transformation as an adviser in 2019, led development of Diia, and later served in the Armed Forces. After Fedorov’s dismissal in July 2026, he remained in his position under Minister Yevhen Khmara.
An official who demands transparency from suppliers for the army should be transparent himself. After analyzing all 14 of Banik’s documents in the NACP registry, the picture looks different. Banik’s wife, Alina Tornahi, is listed as marketing director of Diia and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, and since 2019 she is listed as Fedorov’s freelance adviser. However, these are inaccurate data provided by Tornahi herself: she was never a civil servant and never received a salary from the ministry. The information is confirmed by Banik’s declarations. There are no declarations for Tornahi in the registry.
In December 2025, Banik and Tornahi officially divorced. Despite this, the official should have declared the couple’s property and income for that year, but did not.
Banik is a former Ministry of Digital Transformation official. Since 2019 he was responsible for Diia, and later for Army+ and Reserve+. Registered in Kropyvnytskyi, he actually resides in Kyiv. He was born in 1990 in Uzhhorod. Officially, he is a serviceman.
In the declaration for 2025 year Banik already listed Alina Tornahi as a cohabitant. The woman still lives in Hurzuf, Yalta district, in annexed Crimea. So what is known from the declaration?
Banik owns a share (60,97 sq. m) of his parents’ apartment in Kropyvnytskyi together with Serhii Vasylovych, Svitlana Hryhorivna, and Anastasiia Serhiivna Banik. The value is not stated.
Since 1 July 2023, Banik and Tornahi have lived rent-free in an apartment of unknown size in Kyiv. The owner is listed as Oleksandr Vasylovych Zmikhnovskyi. There is also an unfinished apartment of 78,93 sq. m in Kyiv (since 24 November 2020) owned by Banik, and a plot for construction in LLC “Asta Company.” Banik is the registered owner of the Romblab trademark since 12 June 2019 (value unknown). He holds no corporate rights. Tornahi previously worked at that company.
Banik has a substantial car fleet:
Land Rover Discovery Sport (2020) since 1 May 2023, valued at 705 thousand UAH;
Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (2021) since 28 February 2025, for 1,95 million UAH;
Isuzu D-Max (2009) since 24 May 2025 (value not specified).
Tornahi owns:
Fiat (2014) since 16 June 2022, for 300 thousand UAH;
Fiat 500 (2022) since 18 April 2024, for 1,73 million UAH.
Banik’s income for 2025 year amounted to 539,7 thousand UAH: 204 thousand UAH from military unit A0501, 179 thousand UAH from A5092, 123 thousand UAH from the Ministry of Defense, 32 thousand UAH — an insurance payout from Knyazha Viden Group. Cash — 55 thousand dollars (in the declaration for 2019 year he listed 130 thousand dollars).
Tornahi’s income for the year is absent from the declaration. Already after the reporting period, on 3 June 2026, Banik declared the sale of movable property for 1,3 million UAH. The buyer is listed as Alina Tornahi.
The editorial office sent inquiries to the Ministry of Defense, NACP, and the Ministry of Digital Transformation to clarify the information.
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