Position: Leading Inspector of the Technical Supervision and Design Works Department of LOVA.
Sphere of corruption: construction.
Region of corruption activity: Lviv region.
Qualification: the actions are qualified under Part 5 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: currently unknown, but he was arrested in mid-October with bail set at UAH 2 million.
Case story: In October 2025, 11 defendants were charged with embezzlement during the construction of fortifications in the Sumy region. They include officials of the Lviv RMA, as well as owners and managers of construction companies-contractors. They are accused of embezzling about 72 million hryvnias.
This was reported by the NGL.media publication, and the journalists also noted that they managed to identify all those involved in the case.
As reported by Zaxid.net on October 8, the State Bureau of Investigation accused several officials of the Lviv RMA of embezzling money from the state budget that was intended for the construction of fortifications. In the evening of the same day, the Lviv RMA stated that they would provide full assistance to law enforcement agencies in the investigation into the construction of fortifications.
Already on October 9, Deputy Head of the Lviv RMA Yuriy Buchko confirmed during a briefing that suspicions had been handed over to two current officials and the former acting head of the capital construction department, Roman Dula.
As stated in the July 2025 ruling of the Lychakiv District Court, the LRMA Capital Construction Department concluded 18 contracts for the construction of fortifications in the Sumy region with a number of private companies for a total amount of UAH 708.8 million.
It was reported in March 2024 that the Lviv RMA had begun building fortifications in the Sumy region. According to the Lviv RMA, this involves the construction of three strips of fortifications with a total length of over 2,000 kilometers.
Currently, according to NGL.media journalists, 11 suspects are involved in the case, including two current officials of the Lviv RMA and one former one. The Lychakiv District Court of Lviv has chosen preventive measures for all of them - arrest with the right to bail.
· According to investigative journalists, Roman Dulya is considered the main figure in the scheme. Until April 2025, he was the acting head of the capital construction department of LRMA. He was assigned the largest bail – UAH 20.1 million. He directly supervised and coordinated the construction of fortifications;
· Roman Dulya involved his roommate Lesya Karanets in the scheme. She is an employee of LLC "Gas Distribution Networks". The figurehead was also suspected and arrested with the possibility of bail of 2 million UAH. As the investigation established, she converted foreign currency and distributed it among the participants in the scheme;
· The third participant in the scheme is Bohdan Zubrytskyi. He was a subordinate of Roman Dulia, worked as an inspector in the technical supervision and design works department. He was arrested with the possibility of bail of UAH 2 million;
· The fourth participant in the scheme is Gennady Balashov. He was also a subordinate of Roman Dula, worked as an inspector of the technical supervision and design works department. He was arrested with the possibility of bail of UAH 2 million. According to journalists, in 2020 Gennady Balashov was accused of official negligence, which caused the regional budget to lose UAH 200,000. In early 2025, the case was closed due to the statute of limitations;
· Ihor Letyuk, the director of the contractor company "BC Lviv", is believed to be involved in the scheme. He was arrested with the possibility of being released on bail of UAH 300,000;
· Chief engineer of "BC Lviv" Igor Komarnytskyi, who was involved in preparing contracts with LRMA, received a deposit of UAH 11 million;
· The estimator of the BC "Lviv" company, Maria Tyndyk, who was also involved in preparing contracts with LRMA, received a deposit of one million hryvnias;
· Entrepreneur Viktor Batyuk, who was the owner of the contracting company Budivelna Norma LLC until March 2025, was assigned a bail of UAH 1.8 million. The company has now changed its name and management - it is now called Optobud TM;
· For Oleg Kuzyk, who, according to the NGL.media publication, lobbied for the interests of Batyuk's company, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest with the possibility of paying UAH 15.8 million;
· Co-founder of LLC "Investment Company "Ukrbudservice" Ostap Motko was assigned a bail of UAH 6.6 million;
· The director of LLC "Investment Company "Ukrbudservice" Natalia Petrichko was set a bail of 1.9 million hryvnias.
All defendants are accused of embezzling money from the reserve fund of the state budget of the Lviv Independent Army for the construction of fortifications. A pre-trial investigation is currently underway in the case.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: Acting Head of the Capital Construction Department of LRMA Roman Dulya; his cohabitant Lesya Karanets; Dulya's subordinates - Bohdan Zubrytskyi and Gennady Balashov; Director of the contractor company "BC Lviv" Ihor Letyuk; Chief Engineer of "BC Lviv" Ihor Komarnytskyi; Estimater of the company BC "Lviv" Maria Tyndyk; Entrepreneur Viktor Batyuk, who until March 2025 was the owner of the contractor company "Budivelna Norma" LLC; Oleg Kuzyk, who, according to the NGL.media publication, lobbied for the interests of Batyuk's company; Co-founder of LLC "Investment Company "Ukrbudservis" Ostap Motko; Director of LLC "Investment Company "Ukrbudservis" Nataliya Petrichko.
Assets: There are no declarations of Balashov's income in open sources.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies reacted in a timely manner, handing over suspicion to all participants in the corruption scheme.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, he was not seen as a figure in other scandals.
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