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The Avtostrada group of companies halted construction of facilities to protect Kyiv’s water supply following an instruction from the leadership of the State Agency for Recovery and Infrastructure Development.
"Avtostrada" started work without funding. According to Shkil, in October 2026 the company received an urgent assignment from the client — the Recovery Agency — to begin implementing projects to protect the facilities of Kyivvodokanal. Given the critical nature of the situation, "Avtostrada" agreed to assume legal risks and begin work without signed contracts and confirmed funding. "Understanding the urgency of the problem, we assumed all legal risks by beginning the work immediately — without contracts and without confirmed funding for implementing the facilities," Shkil said. To fulfill the assignment, the company rapidly engaged specialists from Avtostrada’s design institute, began geological and geodetic surveys, and also carried out an urgent mobilization of production units. Read also: Ukrainian construction leader "Avtostrada" stops work at all sites: what’s the reason The Recovery Agency ordered the halt of project implementation However, in 4 November the client issued instructions to halt implementation of these facilities. "By oral instruction from the First Deputy Head of the Recovery Agency, Inna Vnukova, ‘Avtostrada’ must stop implementing the specified facilities," the company’s head reported. In 5 November the leadership of "Avtostrada" held a personal meeting with the Head of the Recovery Agency, Ivan Fedorov. During the meeting the company’s further participation in projects to protect the capital’s water supply was discussed. "At the personal meeting with Ivan Fedorov it was clarified: should Avtostrada continue implementing the city of Kyiv’s water supply protection facilities? The answer to the question was: ‘no’ because ‘there is tension in the relations with the company Avtostrada,’" Shkil wrote. According to him, by the end of 5 November the company halted project implementation, withdrew workers from the sites, and focused on carrying out other work for which clients do not make chaotic decisions. Shkil claimed there may be plans to transfer the work to other companies Shkil also suggested that Ivan Fedorov may intend to transfer implementation of these facilities to other companies. According to him, these are enterprises that before Fedorov’s appointment as head of Zaporizhzhia OVA did not have the necessary production capacity, personnel, equipment, experience, or machinery. "I would not be surprised if Ivan Fedorov plans to have these facilities implemented by companies that before his appointment as head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration did not have volumes, employees, machinery, experience, or equipment, and since his appointment received more than 10 billion in contracts. In addition, since Ivan Fedorov’s appointment these companies have received more than 2 billion hryvnias in contracts within the Recovery Agency system," the CEO of "Avtostrada" said. "This is everything you need to know about the level of management and about Ivan Fedorov’s execution of the President of the country Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s direct orders regarding protection of critical infrastructure," Shkil said. "Avtostrada" denied refusing to participate in the project Separately, the head of "Avtostrada" denied information published by Ivan Fedorov that the company allegedly refused to participate in the Kyiv water supply protection project. According to Shkil, the company’s written confirmation of readiness to implement the project was sent to the client’s official email back in 23 October. "Information that ‘Avtostrada’ refuses to participate in the Kyiv water supply protection project is a lie. Moreover, written confirmation of the company’s readiness to implement the project was sent to the client’s official email on 23 October," he said. Written confirmation from "Avtostrada" regarding participation in the project (photo: facebook.com/shkil.maksym)
Recall that Ivan Fedorov said the Recovery Agency will organize protection for nine critical infrastructure facilities in the capital, engaging at least seven contractors. He also denied that Zaporizhzhia companies were involved in this work.
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