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The head and owner of JSC Dnipro Switch Plant, Serhiy Taranenko, a former official aide to Member of Parliament Yaroslav Dubnevych, became one of the defendants in the case about the embezzlement of 93,2 million UAH during Ukrzaliznytsia procurements. His surname once appeared in a draft decree on awarding the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, and now companies associated with him appear in an investigation of procurements at Pivdennyi port.
This was reported by the publication Telegraf
The order explained as a technical glitch
Taranenko heads JSC Dnipro Switch Plant and is its owner. According to YouControl, he also owns 42,2% of LLC VKP TAKO. This company supplied the state port with railway equipment manufactured by the plant.
In May 2019 the businessman’s name appeared in a published document from then‑President Petro Poroshenko about awarding the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class. Later the Presidential Administration stated that an erroneous draft decree was posted to the website due to a technical glitch, and Taranenko’s award was part of that draft.
How the scheme in Ukrzaliznytsia procurements worked
The Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor’s Office is appealing a decision of the High Anti‑Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC), which in May 2026 closed the case on procurements of switch products for Ukrzaliznytsia in 2015–2017. The court closed it due to procedural issues regarding the statute of limitations for the pretrial investigation and its extensions.
According to NABU and SAPO, Yaroslav Dubnevych organized the supply of equipment through intermediaries — Corporation KRT and LLC Argo — even though the railway could have purchased it directly from Dnipro Switch Plant. The investigation asserts that officials tailored tender conditions to a specific manufacturer, and companies simulated competition.
According to the portal Court Authority of Ukraine, the next appellate hearing in case No. 991/878/22 was scheduled for 18 November 2026.
What investigators found in Pivdennyi port procurements
The investigation is checking possible price inflation for switch, rail and joint products for the state enterprise Sea Commercial Port Pivdennyi. The procurements concern the years 2024–2025, in which the winner was LLC VKP TAKO.
In March, July and September 2024 the port held three procurements with an expected total value of almost 21 million UAH excluding VAT. TAKO was the sole participant. Contracts were signed by port director Oleksandr Oliynyk and the company’s CEO Vyacheslav Satunovskyi.
According to the investigation, officials notified the supplier in advance about product requirements and funding volumes. Tender documentation was drafted for the plant’s products, limiting competition. SBU Economic Security Service detectives compared the prices with prices for this manufacturer’s products supplied to Poltava GOK, DTEK and other enterprises. They recorded markups of 1,5–2 times. Losses across the three contracts were estimated at 4,9 million UAH.
In March 2025 the port announced a new procurement with an expected value of over 6 million UAH including VAT. Dnipro Switch Plant asked to split the procurement into lots so it could participate in the tenders directly. The port rejected the request, and TAKO again became the winner.
Investigators believe that Satunovskyi agreed with the management of LLC Budindustriya and LLC ZRS to provide sham commercial proposals with inflated prices. They were meant to create the appearance of a market value for the equipment. According to the investigation, the price of this contract was inflated by 2 million UAH.
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