In recent years, the relatives of the head of the Department of State Security Service "D" of the DZND of the SBU, Colonel Oleksiy Zelenskyi, have become rich by purchasing cars and motorcycles worth $440,000. The official's father-in-law and mother also bought real estate in Koncha-Zaspa, one of which houses was put up for sale for almost $1 million after public discussions with journalists. Zelensky claims that he and his family are engaged in the resale of motor vehicles and real estate, and over the past 10 years he has personally sold 47 cars. Journalists also established that Zelenskyi's relatives bought and sold 5 houses in recent years.
During a large-scale operation, the father-in-law of Colonel Oleksiy Zelenskyi became the owner of a house with an area of 328.2 square meters in May 2023. However, only six months later, he registered the same estate, but with an area of 396.8 square meters.
Oleksia's wife, Yulia, published the progress of the construction on her Instagram. For example, she showed how to arrange a swimming pool.
Colonel Oleksiy Zelenskyy told Slidstva.Info journalists that they paid $240,000 for the house. They bought it in a warehouse, in order to repair it and sell it.
"They took the house for Yuli's father. Part of the money was given by her father, Yulia, my best man. Then a receipt was written immediately. I can talk to the best man, because we paid part of it for this house," Zelenskyi said, adding that the house has been on sale for a month and a half.
Instead, "Investigation.Info" found out that the announcement of the sale of this house appeared on the day of the official's conversation with journalists.
In addition, the Google cache shows that on the same day the Zelenskys put their house up for sale for UAH 39,460,000. That is, for almost 1 million US dollars.
Oleksiy Zelenskyi says that he and his family now live in another house in Koncha-Zaspa.
According to the documents, in 2021 Oleksiy Zelenskyi's mother bought only the plot on which the unfinished house stood. The object cost her only $25,000.
“No, it wasn't a house, it was walls with a roof. It was an unfinished plot, I don't remember they took up to 50 thousand (dollars). I was the initiator. Now we live there," says Zelensky.
Real estate expert Yevhenii Polunov estimated this acquisition at at least $170,000 and noted that the price of $25,000 does not correspond to the market price as of 2021.
With the help of the Youcontrol service, we managed to find out that at the beginning of this year, the official's wife Yulia became the owner of a green BMW X6 M 2023.
In January 2024, such a car was sold on specialized websites for approximately $137,000.
In June 2023, Oleksiy Zelenskyi bought a Mercedes-Benz s 500 (2020). This car was repeatedly captured by photo and video cameras for violations of traffic rules.
Currently, such cars are sold from $120,000.
At the beginning of this year, the official's mother, a former SBU lieutenant colonel, bought a Lexus LX 600 (2022).
In January, when this car was bought, the same cars were sold for almost $140,000.
In addition, Oleksiy Zelenskyi and his mother bought two BMW motorcycles in 2024, the market value of which is about $20,000.
Oleksiy Zelenskyi, in a comment for Slidstva.Info, stated that he and his relatives have been reselling cars for 12-15 years. He noted, "I have sold about 47 cars from my phone number in the last 10-11 years." Journalists confirmed this information by discovering approximately 20 ads for the sale of cars placed on Zelenskyi's number.
Zelenskyi also said that some of the vehicles were purchased at significantly reduced prices due to damage. For example, the Mercedes-Benz S 500 cost him $78,000, and the BMW that his wife bought cost "80 cents."
In recent years, Zelenskyi's relatives acquired 5 houses in the suburbs of Kyiv, some of which they sold.
Serhii Mytkalyk, chairman of the board of the NGO "Anti-Corruption Headquarters", believes that the facts and Zelenskyi's position collected by "Investigation.Info" indicate signs of an official's business activity prohibited by law.
"There is a clear distinction between business and official activities. If you are an official, you should only perform the functions of the state. The Law on Prevention of Corruption expressly prohibits business activity or paid activity by an official of law enforcement agencies," Mytkalyk notes.
