Chief Psychiatrist of AFU Suspected of Illicit Enrichment – Media

The chief psychiatrist of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleg Druz, whom law enforcement officers suspect of illegally enriching himself by a million dollars, could have been planning to purchase a villa in Turkey.

According to media reports, Druz traveled to Turkey twice in 2024. There, he allegedly wanted to buy a three-story villa with a swimming pool for 650,000 euros. During the trips, the official spoke with a realtor who offered various options for luxury housing.

His adopted daughter also lives in Turkey, for whom Druz bought a hybrid Toyota. The psychiatrist filmed this purchase on his own phone. He also bought an enclosure for his dogs for 300,000 hryvnias.

As law enforcement officers found out, his current wife is Russian, but has already received Ukrainian citizenship. While her son lives in Kyiv, he still has a Russian passport, the source noted.

On January 21, it became known that the SSU detained the chief psychiatrist of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Central Military Commission and decides on the fitness of military personnel for service. According to law enforcement officials, he became rich by over $1 million during the full-scale war.

We previously reported that Kyiv region police officers exposed a surgeon who offered a serviceman help in falsifying medical documents for money . The doctor was detained while transferring the funds and faces up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.

In addition, in Lviv, police officers, together with operatives from the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police, exposed a criminal group that smuggled conscripts abroad under the guise of humanitarian aid drivers. According to the investigation, the scheme was organized by a 53-year-old Lviv resident together with a representative of a charitable foundation and a civil servant.