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Nearly 2 billions of hryvnias for protecting the South Ukrainian NPP: Energoatom tripled its contract with the bankrupt firm of the Yasenytsky family
The protective structure at the South Ukrainian NPP cost almost three times more — up to nearly 2 billion UAH. The contractor is the bankrupt firm of the Yasenytsky family.
Energoatom, through a series of addenda, increased the contract price for the construction of the engineering protection of key facilities of the South Ukrainian NPP from the initial 595 million UAH to almost 2 billion UAH.
The works are carried out by JSC "Yuzhenergobud" — a company that has been in bankruptcy since 2007 year and is controlled by the Yasenytsky family. One of the beneficiaries is involved in an NABU case about inflated equipment costs for Energoatom by almost 170 million UAH.
In 2024 year, Atomproektinzhiniring / South Ukrainian NPP signed with JSC "Yuzhenergobud" a contract for the construction of protective facilities. The initial amount was about 595 million UAH, and the completion was supposed to be by 25 December 2025 year.
By June 2025 year, due to addenda, the cost rose to 883,4 million UAH. In October 2025-th, the total contract amount approached 1,97 billion UAH. One of the addenda provided for an increase of 1,09 billion UAH with VAT.
The reason given was the need to avoid delays in the work schedule. The new deadline is 30 September — already passed, but the contract in the Prozorro system is still not closed.
JSC "Yuzhenergobud" has been in bankruptcy proceedings since 2007 year. The ultimate beneficiary is 87-year-old Matvii Yasenytskyi. His son Ivan Yasenytskyi is a defendant in an NABU and SAP case (case No. 52022000000000387). According to the investigation, companies associated with the Yasenytskyi family supplied equipment to Energoatom units at inflated prices amounting to almost 170 million UAH. Ivan Yasenytskyi was arrested.
The Yasenytskyi family controls a number of enterprises in the mining sector, including those connected with the Bugskyi quarries Corporation. The BDB and the Office of the Prosecutor General are investigating a scheme manipulating prices for sand and granite (case No. 70224001120000026). According to the investigation, material prices were artificially reduced to decrease taxes, and then significantly inflated when supplied to Energoatom facilities. Potential budget losses are estimated in the tens of millions of hryvnias. A similar scheme was recorded in 2015–2016 years.
The contract was awarded under the leadership of Energoatom’s Petro Kotin (he resigned in August 2025 year amid a series of corruption investigations, including the Mindichgate affair). The authorized representative from the South Ukrainian NPP was Viacheslav Stoyanov.
Energoatom typically explains such procurements by the need to urgently protect critical infrastructure in wartime conditions. At the same time, the lack of automatic constraints for companies with criminal records or in bankruptcy proceedings allows such contractors to continue receiving large state orders.
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