The Security Service of Ukraine has announced suspicions against two Ukrainian citizens who set up business operations in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
This was reported in the notice of suspicion on the website of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
According to the investigation, Kherson resident Viktor Turchyn and Donetsk region resident Andriy Ogonovskyi created and registered under Russian law the enterprise “TD Yuzhny”, which specializes in wholesale trade of alcohol.
Ogonovskyi assumed the position of general director, while Turchyn performed the role of manager.
The company fully integrated into the economic system of the Russian Federation. In particular, it received licenses from the occupation authorities, and conducted all settlements through the Russian sanctioned “Promsvyazbank”.
The investigation established that Ogonovskyi managed the firm’s daily activities, whereas Turchyn coordinated the work of staff on the ground, handled logistics and expanded the sales network in the occupied territories.
According to law enforcement, in 2024 alone the company’s revenue amounted to 369 million rubles, of which over 4.8 million went to the Russian budget as taxes.
Ogonovskyi and Turchyn are accused of aiding the aggressor state, committed by prior conspiracy of a group of persons (part 2 of Article 28, part 1 of Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).