Ukrainian military scandal: Bribes, luxury real estate uncovered
A scandal has emerged in the 110th Brigade of Ukraine's Armed Forces. The deputy commander accepted bribes from soldiers to purchase luxury real estate, plots in Bukovel, and a car. Authorities confiscated nearly 7 million hryvnias from his apartment.
The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine (DBR) reported the case. The statement noted that at the end of December 2024, DBR employees charged the deputy commander of this unit, and in January 2025, his associate, the commander of the material supply group, was also charged.
They were listed in the unit but did not fight on the frontline
Investigators determined that the subordinate soldiers might not have appeared for duty, only nominally listed in the unit. Despite this, they received full salaries and combat pay for tasks supposedly completed on the frontline. However, the soldiers were required to hand over half of the money they received to the command.
Law enforcement is investigating at least 50 people who might have been involved in this scheme.
Millions of hryvnias from soldiers
One of the subordinates exposed the commanders' criminal activities and reported them to law enforcement. He took a bag containing 1.5 million hryvnias in various currencies from the deputy commander as a bribe.
During the search of the deputy commander's apartment in Zaporizhzhia, investigators found nearly 5 million more hryvnias in various currencies. They also found 17 thousand US dollars at one of his associates’ places in Dnipro.
The authorities also seized the deputy commander's assets: a luxury studio apartment in Odesa, which measures about 650 square feet and is near the sea; a garage, which measures about 430 square feet; an apartment in the Khmelnytsky region, which measures about 810 square feet; two plots of land in the ski resort area of Bukovel; a premium Mercedes-Benz car; and bank accounts and securities amounting to nearly 4 million hryvnias.
The commander was arrested.
