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Sheyka Yurii Volodymyrovych
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Top manager in the nuclear sector with ties to Russian capital
Born in Kryvyi Rih. Graduated from Odessa Polytechnic Institute (1985, "Nuclear power plants and installations"). From 1985 to 2008, he worked at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, then held managerial positions in the executive directorate of the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company "Energoatom." In 2018–2020, he was CEO of Atomproektinzhiniring, and since 2020, acting first vice-president and technical director of Energoatom. In August 2024, he was appointed first deputy minister of energy (under Herman Halushchenko). On July 21, 2025, he was dismissed from the position. In 2022, he was already implicated in suspicions of receiving a bribe of 5 million UAH and facilitating budget embezzlement during the construction of the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility.
Detention in the "Shlagbaum" case and connections with an insurer whose owners trace back to the Russian Federation
On December 2, 2025, Sheyka was detained by the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office together with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He was notified of suspicion under Part 5, Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (appropriation of property on an especially large scale by prior conspiracy). The essence: on August 1, 2022, he concluded a nuclear liability insurance contract with PJSC "Prosto-Strakhuvannya" for UAH 105.6 million, and 12 days later signed an additional agreement increasing it to UAH 130.9 million without economic justification. Artificial overpricing was confirmed by an audit — UAH 18.6 million was withdrawn from the strategic enterprise. The key fact: the owner of "Prosto-Strakhuvannya" — Cyprus-based Lavidia Limited — through a chain of offshore companies leads to the Russian holding "RESO," whose ultimate beneficiaries are citizens of the Russian Federation. The Prosecutor General called this "a matter not only of economics but of national security." The court imposed 24/7 house arrest with an electronic bracelet on Sheyka until February 2, 2026.