cALBAWABA - Speculations emerged on social media, allegedly saying that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, are getting divorced.
Russia's leading news agency and website, RIA Novosti, reportedly said, citing local security sources, that Zelensky is building a massive residence in the elite ‘Dynastia’ residential complex on the outskirts of Kyiv for his wife.
According to the Russian claims, the new castle will be given to Olena as compensation ahead of a potential divorce between the Ukrainian couple.
The charges had previously been brought against Andrii Yermak, former Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, for money laundering through the construction of luxury residential complexes under the name "Dynastya" in the Kuzin district on the outskirts of Kyiv.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and his wife Olena Zelenska (L) walk in front of the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monsatery. AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE
Additionally, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has released new audio recordings related to the case of Timur Mindich, who is implicated in corruption in the energy sector. The recordings reveal money laundering operations stemming from criminal activities, which were used to finance the construction of these luxury residences. Yermak's name appears in the recordings.
According to NABU data, participants in the Dynastya project laundered more than 460 million hryvnia (approximately $10.4 million).
A source from the agency mentioned, "The fourth house in the Dynastya cooperative was being built for Olena Zelenska and was intended for the wife of the Kyiv regime's president as compensation before the completion of the divorce proceedings."
