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Anton Kovalsky is originally from Vinnytsia. He has worked in the prosecutor’s offices since 2010.
photo: press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General
The acting head of the Prosecutor General’s Office recounted the labels that have been pinned on him
The prosecutor of Khmelnytskyi region, who is serving as acting Prosecutor General, Anton Kovalsky, publicly distanced himself from ties to influential Chernivtsi businessman Illia Pavliuk, which the media had reported earlier. This is stated in the “Glavcom” article “Personnel purge and the shutdown of the court ‘travel agency’. Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalsky on his first steps.”
“You know, in life people always try to stick labels on others. When I worked at the Vinnytsia regional prosecutor’s office, the institution was headed by Vyacheslav Sokolovyi. Back then they said Kovalsky was Sokolovyi’s man. When I worked in Bukovyna, I was linked to then-Deputy Prosecutor General Ihor Mustetsa. They also said that my candidacy was allegedly recommended to Mustetsa by businessman Illia Pavliuk. Well, I have never seen this Pavliuk in my life. I would tell how Pavliuk ‘helped’ me work in Chernivtsi, but I don’t want to…,” emphasized the acting Prosecutor General.
Earlier, the media named Pavliuk as one of the leaders of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s central campaign headquarters during the elections in 2019. Pavliuk is also credited with influence over a small group of members of parliament from the Servant of the People party.
At the same time, in one of his previous conversations with “Glavcom,” the former Prosecutor General said that Illia Pavliuk is a friend of Ihor Mustetsa, who held the post of Deputy Prosecutor General in 2020–2025. Mustetsa is also originally from Chernivtsi.
It was with his appearance in the Prosecutor General’s Office that Kovalsky’s prosecutorial career sharply advanced. In September 2020 he took the position of deputy head of the Vinnytsia regional prosecutor’s office, and later moved to Chernivtsi, where he headed the regional prosecutor’s office.
As “Glavcom” wrote, Anton Kovalsky is originally from Vinnytsia. He has worked in the prosecutor’s offices since 2010. In September 2020 he became deputy head of the Vinnytsia regional prosecutor’s office, and later headed the Chernivtsi regional prosecutor’s office. He later became the prosecutor of Khmelnytskyi region.
After the “Carthage” corruption scandal, Kovalsky headed the Prosecutor General’s Office—currently in the status of acting head. According to him, he received the proposal to temporarily lead the Prosecutor General’s Office during a personal conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The head of state set two tasks for him: ensure the stable work of the Prosecutor General’s Office and cleanse the system of unworthy people.
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