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Companies associated with former member of parliament Andriy Holodov and business group of Dmytro But are continuing to receive state defense orders, despite criminal proceedings. In particular, this concerns LLC Prom-Techno Group, which operates in the mechanical engineering sector and fulfills defense orders.
This is reported by the publication Fakty.
Co-founders of the enterprise, whose activities are connected with the TechimpEx brand, are Yuri Kravchenko, Dmytro But, and Bohdan Vysotsky.
In the chain of companies related to them there are entrepreneurs described as former business partners of Andriy Holodov. Moreover, the registration address of one of the co-owners of the structure from this business circle allegedly completely matches the Kyiv address of the wife of the former MP, Kateryna Shakhovska.
Against this backdrop, questions arise regarding the criminal case on the supply of substandard spare parts for armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounting to more than 171 million UAH.
In May 2026 year, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko announced that the case had been referred to court. According to investigators, at the onset of the full-scale invasion a private company received two state contracts totaling over 171 million UAH. However, the supplied parts, including cooling tubes for engines of infantry fighting vehicles, were found to be unfit for use.
The entrepreneur was charged with organization of embezzlement and possession of someone else’s property in particularly large amounts, as well as legalization of property obtained by crime. For officials—negligent attitude of a military service official to service, resulting in serious consequences in wartime conditions.
At the same time, a significant portion of information about the activities of defense enterprises is closed in accordance with Cabinet of Ministers resolutions. Therefore, it is impossible to determine the full volume of state contracts, ultimate beneficial owners, and the scale of participation of related structures in defense procurement.
The question remains whether the Ministry of Defense and the Security Service of Ukraine checked the ultimate beneficiaries and business connections of suppliers before signing contracts. It is also unknown whether NABU and SAP checked potential overlap between the case's defendants involved in substandard parts and Holodov's business circle.
Andriy Holodov himself in 2023 year resigned from parliamentary powers after NACP revealed signs of false declaration of property. It also became known that he has a residence permit in Cyprus. The former MP left Ukraine and has not returned since.
The Holodov family also owns a manor in an elite district of Vienna. Property with an area of 360 square meters and a land plot of 20 ares was purchased in 2013 year for 6 million euros. The owner is named as the wife of the former MP, Kateryna Shakhovska.
At the same time, possible business connections of Holodov with defense suppliers do not mean proven involvement of the former deputy in criminal proceedings.
StopKor is preparing corresponding requests and its own investigation on this topic.
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