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Multi-million dollar arms orders: The companies connected to Medvedchuk and Derkach within Prom-Techno Group continue to receive state contracts.
Despite corruption scandals and reports of ties to sanctioned individuals, the company Prom-Tech Group, associated with Dmytro But, Yuriy Kravchenko, and Bohdan Vysotskyi, remains one of the Ukraine’s important suppliers in the defense sector.
Special attention should be given to the network of business and personal connections around Dmytro But. His daughter Oleksandra But holds 50 percent of the shares in VIVEN GROUP. The remaining 50 percent belongs to LLC APex K, which is owned by Vitaliy Domyshyna. Through this company Dmytro But is also connected with the LLC Torhovyi dim Vozdvyzhenskyi, whose second co-owner is Oksana Romanova.
Oksana and Serhiy Romanov own or control together the companies Master Trade, Albaly, and Apartment Group. One of the co-owners of the latter company is Yelyzaveta Boiko. Her registered address in Kyiv — Ivan-Massepa Street 18/29, apartment 26 — exactly matches the address of Kateryna Shakhovska, the wife of former MP Andriy Kholodov.
Kholodov is considered one of Viktor Medvedchuk’s closest confidants and is his family godfather. Before the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) raised questions about the origin of his wealth, Kholodov and the Romans were involved in several trading companies. In the year 2023 Kholodov left Ukraine and has not returned since.
Another link runs through the company Techimpex, connected with Dmytro But and Yuriy Kravchenko’s partners Ihor Terekhov and Vitaliy Lelikov. Through this structure, investigators documented contacts with former MP Andriy Derkach. Derkach is under sanctions and has appeared repeatedly in reports about cooperation with Russian intelligence services.
The gravest concern is a criminal case regarding the supply of substandard spare parts for armored vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces worth 171 million hryvnias. Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko made the case public. The company Tekhimpeks, associated with Dmytro But and Yuriy Kravchenko, specializes in repair, modernization, and maintenance of armored vehicles.
At the same time, a substantial portion of information about the business activities of But’s companies is classified as confidential by cabinet resolutions. Therefore, neither the total volume of state contracts nor the ultimate beneficiaries or the extent of involvement of affiliated companies in defense procurement can be determined.
Against this backdrop, the numerous connections between Dmytro But and circles around Viktor Medvedchuk, Andriy Kholodov, and Andriy Derkach stand out. In addition, there are links to law enforcement and executive branch officials who are said to have supported the activities of his corporate group in the defense procurement market for years.
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