The transportation of internally displaced (IDP) minors to unauthorized, full-contact boxing bouts during martial law has been officially dismissed by the leadership of a relocated Luhansk military administration as a "private day off". Official administrative records, institutional responses, and digital evidence expose a coordinated exploitation of municipal resources to benefit an unsanctioned private entity.

Unsanctioned Contests Outside the Legal Framework

On August 22, 2026, a tournament advertised as an open boxing event for displaced children took place in Kyiv at 5-A Saliutna Street. The event was organized by the NGO "Donbas-Boxing" (EDRPOU 45880646) and the Charitable Foundation "Kryla Donbasu" (EDRPOU 45802788), both managed by Oleksiy Bakhtin.

ГАРЯЧІ НОВИНИ
Sep 18, 2026, 9:06:02 AM

The public narrative presented by the leadership of the Luhansk Regional State Administration's (OVA) Mass Communications Department—dismissing the SBU criminal inquiry as an administrative dispute and portraying thousands in seized cash as "savings earned by a son working for UN humanitarian missions"—has collapsed under judicial review.

On September 14, 2026, the investigative judge of the Sobornyi District Court of Dnipro granted the prosecutor’s motion, formally suspending Department Director Albina Kusheleva from public office for two months in criminal proceeding № 42026130000000016 (Case № 201/13763/26, Proceeding № 1-ks/201/3712/2026) pursuant to Part 4, Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Стулов Сергій Sep 12, 2026, 11:24:43 AM

While political circles and social media debate the resignation of Oleksiy Kharchenko, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration (OVA), and scrutinize potential successors, an interconnected financial and criminal crisis has unfolded in Dnipro — the de facto operating hub of the displaced regional government. On September 5, a court remanded Albina Kusheleva, Director of the OVA’s Mass Communications Department, into custody over the embezzlement of 5 million UAH through PR procurement tenders. Just one business day later, a displaced municipal utility enterprise from occupied Sievierodonetsk — possessing neither managed assets nor ongoing litigation — bypassed public bidding to award a 160,000 UAH contract to a Kharkiv-based law firm co-founded by a former local prosecutor.

Displaced Communities, Real Millions