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9 years abroad, 27,5 million dollars for ZIK and billion-dollar turnovers of “Yabko”: business ties of the Dyminskyi family
Former MP and businessman Petro Dyminskyi has been outside Ukraine since August 2017, when he left the country after a fatal traffic accident in the Lviv region. Meanwhile, structures linked to his family conducted multimillion-dollar operations abroad, and Ukrainian registers revealed corporate ties to a company that in 2025 reported 2,297 billion UAH in revenue. At the same time, direct ownership of the Yabko retail chain by Dyminskyi is not documented.
This was reported by the publication Komentari.
The fatal crash and nine years outside Ukraine
On 18 August 2017, a Mercedes S65 AMG from Dyminskyi’s motorcade collided with an Opel Astra on the Lviv–Krakovets highway. As a result of the accident, 31-year-old Nataliya Tryl was killed.
Businessman’s bodyguard Andriy Borshch initially took responsibility for the accident. However, a repeated DNA examination excluded him as the driver of the vehicle. Dyminskyi was notified of suspicion under part 2 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and three bodyguards were charged with giving false testimony.
In 22 August 2017 Dyminskyi left Ukraine. Interpol refused to issue a red notice to place him on the international wanted list. That decision, according to cited data, was made again in 2023. The investigation was suspended due to the international search.
In November 2017 Dyminskyi obtained Serbian citizenship. His wife Olena became a citizen of that country in 2020. The businessman also purchased property near Athens for 280 thousand euros, obtained a Greek residence permit, and later lived in Latvia.
In February 2019 the Kyiv Court of Appeal canceled Dyminskyi’s in-absentia arrest.
$27,5 million for the ZIK TV channel and operations through Cyprus
In 2019 the Cypriot company Ablemark Limited, linked to the Dyminskyi family, received 27,5 million dollars from the sale of the ZIK TV channel to an entity of Taras Kozak.
According to the publication, the documents initially showed an amount of 165 thousand dollars, but on the same day it was increased to 27,5 million dollars. The funds passed through Belarusbank Absolut.
Later the ZIK channel was merged with “112 Ukraine” and NewsOne. In 2021 sanctions were imposed against these channels.
In February 2020 Ablemark provided the Cypriot company Jikinto Limited with an interest-free loan of 2,6 million euros. Subsequently Jikinto obtained permits in Serbia to trade arms and within a year supplied weapons to the Ministry of Defense of Uganda worth more than 10,3 million euros.
About 17 million euros were also directed via the company Vulkanit Limited to Latvian firms New Fuels RSEZ SIA and Energy Resources CHP RSEZ SIA. Roman Vdovychenko appeared in the management of these companies. Latvian journalists also investigated their ties to the political circle of Viktoriya Pleshchane.
Separately, Ablemark made loans to structures associated with Marian Liubich. These concerned 562 thousand dollars and 1,6 million euros.
Ukrainian business and links to the “Yabko” network
The Ukrainian dimension of this story is linked to electronics trade and corporate ties of companies that intersect in registers.
In 2025 LLC Speshltekh declared 2,297 billion UAH in revenue, 77,426 million UAH in profit, 604 million UAH in assets and 510 million UAH in liabilities. The company’s director is Anna Bryzhak, and the owners are Vitaliy Turkovets and Mykola Kakhnych.
Previously Bryzhak received LLC V-113 from Zhanna Dyminska, the businessman’s daughter. Additional overlaps, according to the publication, are found in company registration addresses and the history of transfers of corporate rights.
At the same time, there is no documentary evidence that Petro Dyminskyi directly owns the Yabko chain. The discovered corporate ties alone do not prove that the businessman controls its operations.
Tax claims and million-dollar payments
Tax authorities’ claims against Yabko concerned possible fragmentation of retail activity among individual entrepreneurs, the registration of sales, and the origin of electronics.
After inspections the chain reported an additional payment of more than 60 million UAH in value-added tax, and also reported transfers of 5 million UAH to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In another proceeding the company West UAY, formerly known as Yabko UAY, repaid about 15 million UAH of tax debt.
Meanwhile Speshltekh appealed some fines in courts and reported dozens of rulings in its favor. Therefore tax claims and legal disputes should be considered separately, taking into account the specific rulings and outcomes of each proceeding.
According to the network’s reports, in 2025 Yabko paid 449 million UAH in taxes, and in the first half of 2026 paid another 356 million UAH.
What ties these stories together
The publication draws attention to several strands: the criminal proceeding over the fatal accident, the family company Ablemark receiving 27,5 million dollars from the sale of ZIK, multimillion operations with foreign companies, and corporate overlaps in Ukrainian electronics trade business.
However, the existence of financial transactions, shared addresses, or links between companies is not automatic proof of illegal activity. Likewise, the presented data do not confirm Dyminskyi’s direct control over the Yabko chain.
According to the publication, Petro Dyminskyi has been abroad since August 2017 and has not returned to Ukraine since then.
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