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Nearly 2 billion hryvnias for protecting the South Ukrainian NPP: Energoatom tripled the contract amount with the bankruptcy company owned by the Yasenytsky family
The protective structure at the South Ukrainian NPP cost nearly three times more — up to nearly 2 billion UAH. The contractor is the bankrupt company of the Yasenytsky family.
Energoatom by a sequence of additional agreements increased the price of the contract for the construction of an engineering protection for key facilities of the South Ukrainian NPP from the initial 595 million UAH to nearly 2 billion UAH.
The works are performed by PJSC «Yuzhenergobud» — a company in bankruptcy since 2007 year and controlled by the Yasenytsky family. One of the beneficiaries figures in NABU’s case about inflated equipment costs for Energoatom by nearly 170 million UAH.
In 2024 year, Atomproektinzhiniring / South Ukrainian NPP signed with PJSC «Yuzhenergobud» a contract for the construction of protective facilities. The initial amount was about 595 million UAH, and the execution was to be completed by 25 of December 2025 year.
By June 2025 year, due to additional agreements, the cost rose to 883,4 million UAH. In October 2025-th, the total contract amount approached 1,97 billion UAH. One of the additional agreements 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 of September — already passed, but the contract in the Prozorro system has not yet been closed.
PJSC «Yuzhenergobud» has been in bankruptcy proceedings since 2007 year. The ultimate beneficiary is 87-year-old Matvii Yasenytsky. His son Ivan Yasenytsky is a figure in a NABU and SAP criminal case (case No. 52022000000000387). According to the investigation, companies connected with the Yasenytsky family supplied equipment to Energoatom units at inflated prices by nearly 170 million UAH. Ivan Yasenytsky was detained.
The Yasenytsky family controls a number of companies in the extraction sector, including those connected with the «Bogsky quarries Corporation». The BIB and the Office of the Prosecutor General are investigating a scheme of manipulating prices for sand and granite (case No. 70224001120000026). According to the investigation, material prices were artificially reduced to reduce taxes, and then significantly inflated when supplying 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 signed under the leadership of Energoatom by Petro Kotin (he resigned in August 2025 year amid a series of corruption investigations, including the Mindichgate). The authorized representative from South Ukrainian NPP was Vitaliy Stoyanov.
Energoatom usually explains such procurements by the need to urgently protect critical infrastructure in wartime. At the same time, the absence of automatic prohibitions for companies with criminal records or in bankruptcy allows such contractors to continue receiving large state orders.
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