The head of the Kirovohrad regional council, Yuriy Drozd, gave his son Oleksiy a luxurious apartment in the capital. As the publication "VYI" found out, the property with an area of 84.8 sq. m on Borshchahivska Street (Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv) is estimated at UAH 4.95 million. The ownership of the housing was registered on July 25 on the basis of a donation agreement, which was certified by a private notary from Kropyvnytskyi.
In the same area, at market prices, an apartment with an area of 54 sq. m costs 3.45 million UAH, which makes the father's gift especially generous.
This is not the first time Yuriy Drozd has gifted his son with expensive property and money. In 2021, he gave Oleksiy 3.5 million UAH, and in 2023 – another 2.5 million UAH.
The politician’s son, Oleksiy Drozd, has been working at the Bureau of Economic Security since 2022, where he holds the position of head of the department for ensuring the agency’s activities. Before that, he was a member of the competitive commission for the selection of senior personnel in the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. His candidacy was supported by the Servant of the People parliamentary faction. In addition, he is a professor at the Department of Police Law of the National Academy of Internal Affairs.
According to the declaration for 2024, Oleksiy Drozd's income amounted to UAH 1.6 million. He declared cash savings of UAH 3.7 million and $55 thousand, as well as bank deposits of UAH 489 thousand and $1.
Yuriy Drozd himself was elected a deputy of the Kirovohrad Regional Council from the Servant of the People party in the 2020 local elections, and later headed the regional council. Before politics, he was engaged in business in the field of fire safety, and also worked in law enforcement agencies. In the past, he was an advisor to the head of the Kirovohrad Regional State Administration, Andriy Balon, who was exposed for taking a bribe of UAH 1.8 million.
Thus, generous gifts from the head of the regional council raise questions about the origin of the funds and the ethics of such "family investments" at a time when the country is at war.
