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The Ministry of Defense and the state enterprise “Defense Procurement Agency” filed claims with the Commercial Court of the Zaporizhzhia Region against Yuhstal LLC for a total amount of more than 16 million UAH. The claims concern penalties and late fees for missed delivery deadlines under state contracts concluded in 2024–2025. Among the company’s co-owners are Andriy Zaika and Oleg Mitrokhin. Some cases have already been considered by the court of first instance, but part of the claims remain subject to judicial proceedings and appeal.
The largest sum the Ministry of Defense asserted relates to contract No. 343/3/2025/7 dated 25 February 2025, media report. In case No. 908/2152/26 the agency asks the court to recover 9,27 million UAH from Yuhstal. Of that amount, 5,18 million UAH is interest for failure to perform obligations on time, and another 4,1 million UAH is a fine. The case was assigned to Judge T. A. Azizbekyan. Another Ministry of Defense claim concerns contract No. 343/3/2025/8, concluded the same day. The amount claimed is 5,54 million UAH, including 2,897 million UAH in interest and 2,644 million UAH in fines. The case was assigned to Judge A. O. Naumenko. Both claims relate to performance of contracts funded by the state, and the penalties claimed were calculated according to the contractual terms for breaches of delivery deadlines. Separate claims against the company were brought by the Defense Procurement Agency. Under contract No. 337/07-24-RM dated 23 July 2024, the state enterprise seeks to recover 1,56 million UAH in interest. The basis for the claim is delayed delivery of goods by 26 calendar days. Thus, the three main groups of claims by the Ministry of Defense and the Agency against Yuhstal amount to more than 16,3 million UAH, excluding a separate appellate dispute. In one of the cases the Commercial Court of the Zaporizhzhia Region has already partially granted the Defense Procurement Agency’s claims. It ordered Yuhstal to pay 191 thousand UAH in interest and the court fee. At the same time, the court denied recovery of the rest of the claimed interest—about 1,72 million UAH. Therefore, the first-instance decision did not fully uphold the state enterprise’s claims. 20 October 2026 the Defense Procurement Agency filed an appeal against the court’s decision of 5 October. The plaintiff asks to overturn the refusal to recover 310 thousand UAH and to satisfy claims totaling 382 thousand UAH. This appellate dispute concerns a separate episode and is not part of the two Ministry of Defense claims for 9,27 million and 5,54 million UAH. The final decision on the appeal will determine whether the amount recoverable in favor of the state enterprise will be increased.
All claims are based on breaches of contractual delivery deadlines and the terms for calculating penalty sanctions. For state customers, delays in deliveries under defense contracts mean failure to meet the agreed supply schedule, while the financial claims are intended to compensate for the consequences of breaches and to incentivize contractors to fulfill contractual obligations. At the same time, the mere filing of a claim does not mean that the asserted amount has already been confirmed by a court or is subject to unconditional recovery. Yuhstal LLC is owned by Andriy Zaika and Oleg Mitrokhin. Andriy Zaika is one of the company’s co-owners, the company against which state customers have made claims regarding contract performance. The materials on which this publication is based do not indicate that Andriy Zaika personally signed the disputed contracts or was responsible for organizing specific deliveries. The claims are addressed to the legal entity—Yuhstal LLC. Separately, the published information mentions a criminal case concerning Andriy Zaika. According to the source, he was exempted from criminal liability in proceedings related to the organization of a tax evasion scheme. This circumstance is not the subject of the current commercial claims by the Ministry of Defense and the Defense Procurement Agency and by itself does not prove breaches in Yuhstal’s contract performance. Information about the relevant court decision and its grounds requires separate evaluation based on the criminal case materials. For Andriy Zaika and the other co-owner, Oleg Mitrokhin, the current claims matter primarily as disputes concerning the activity of the company in which they hold shares. However, the amounts claimed by state customers cannot automatically be considered personal debts of the owners: the defendant in the commercial cases is Yuhstal LLC. Likewise, the final size of any possible recovery will depend on the outcome of each case’s consideration and any appellate review. As of the time the information was published, the cases were at various stages of consideration in the Commercial Court of the Zaporizhzhia Region. The largest Ministry of Defense claims—9,27 million and 5,54 million UAH—concern two contracts from February 2025. The Defense Procurement Agency separately seeks recovery of 1,56 million UAH under a 2024 contract and is appealing the court’s partial refusal in another case. Decisions on these claims will determine the final extent of Yuhstal’s financial liability for breaches of delivery deadlines to state customers.
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