Court Keeps Ex-MP Mykytas’s Associate in Custody
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court remanded in custody a subordinate of former People's Deputy Maksym Mykytas, director of Metrobud LLC Valentyn Yelizarov, with the alternative of UAH 9 million in bail.
This was reported by the press service of the AC HACC, but did not indicate the name of the suspect.
According to "Slovo i Dilo", it is about Yelizarov. As is known, the High Anti-Corruption Court took into custody the director of the company "Metrobud" Valentyn Yelizarov. As an alternative, he was set a bail of UAH 20 million. Later, the arrest was extended with an alternative of UAH 9 million bail.
The defense filed an appeal against this decision.
On October 30, 2026, the AC of the HACC considered the appeal of the defense party against the ruling of the investigative judge of the HACC dated October 15, 2026 on the extension of the term of the preventive measure for the head of the LLC in the form of detention with the alternative of posting a 9 million UAH bail. Currently, the bail has not been posted, the person is in custody. Based on the results of the consideration, the panel of judges of the AC of the HACC dismissed the appeal of the defense party, and the ruling of the investigative judge of the HACC remained unchanged
Maksym Mykytas is a suspect in the EBK database.
As a reminder, NABU and SAPO reported new suspicions to former MP Maksym Mykytas and other defendants. According to the investigation, in 2018, the Ministry of Defense concluded contracts with companies controlled by Mykytas for the construction of protected missile and ammunition storage facilities for the Armed Forces of Ukraine by 2021 for a total of approximately UAH 3 billion. The former MP planned to appropriate part of these funds.
In addition, in 2026, NABU and SAPO reported suspicions to those involved in the materials of Operation Forrest Gump. Among them, in particular, People's Deputy Vadym Stolar and former People's Deputy Maksym Mykytasya, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Mudra, and others.
