Kyiv Official to Be Declared Wanted

They want to put a Kyiv official suspected of secretly purchasing expensive drums and vegetable cutters on the wanted list

In Kyiv, the head of the education department of the Dnipro RSA, accused of purchasing vegetable cutters, drums, and chairs for school shelters at inflated prices, has left for Turkey. Kyiv prosecutors have said they will seek to put her on the wanted list and detain her.

This was noted on September 17 in the press service of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.

The trial of the head of the education department of the Dnipro Regional State Administrative Organization, accused of purchasing vegetable cutters and chairs for school shelters at inflated prices, has been ongoing since the summer of 2023.

And on Tuesday, September 16, another court hearing was to take place in the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv. But the suspected official did not appear. And this is not the first time, the prosecutor's office claims.

Instead, she filed a petition stating that she had traveled to Turkey for treatment and, fearing for her life due to martial law, wanted to participate in court hearings via video link. The woman submitted a one-year rental agreement for housing in Antalya to the court.

The prosecutor's office also recalled that this case was referred to the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv on January 19, 2024.

The accused has repeatedly failed to appear at the hearing, citing her medical treatment. During the last court hearing, the prosecutor requested that a coercive excuse be applied to her, but the court refused.

They also informed that at the next court hearing, the prosecutor will file a motion to put the defendant on the wanted list and arrest her.

At the same time, on August 26, 2025, this official was already declared wanted by the court and was detained in another criminal case about embezzlement of money during the purchase of generators for shelters, where she also appears as a suspect.

Olga Drozdova is a figurehead of the EBK base.

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