According to the SBU, the companies were connected with the Russian government.

"Their ultimate beneficiaries are representatives of the Kremlin's business structures," the SBU quoted Zerkalo as saying.



“According to the investigation, the company's officials fraudulently reduced their authorized capital by artificially creating a salary arrears.

The owner of the rubble plant, the city council of the Belarusian city, has not paid salaries since January this year, owing 100 workers 4 million hryvnias (about $ 136,000), ”the statement of the Ukrainian prosecutor's office reads.

We are talking about the Ovruch Druze Plant of the Gomel City Road Construction and Repair Trust, located in the village of Bondary, Karastian district, Zhytomyr region.

According to the register, the owner of this enterprise is the Gomel City Council of Deputies.

  • Ovruch Zhytomyr region is located 25 kilometers from the border with Belarus and 92 kilometers from the Belarusian Mozyr.

  • For 24 years, Ovruch and Mozyr have been twin cities and had special relations under a special partnership and cooperation agreement.

  • After the beginning of the Russian military invasion from the territory of Belarus, the Ovruch City Council unanimously supported the unilateral withdrawal from the partnership agreement.

    She also addressed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with a proposal to nationalize the Ovruch Druze Plant, which was still owned by Belarus.

  • Ovruch was badly damaged by airstrikes, according to preliminary data, 5 buildings were destroyed and another 28 were damaged.