Charges for participation in an entertainment project
Detectors of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) have notified Senior Lieutenant Viktoria Kuznetsova of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of suspicion. According to the investigation, during the period when the servicewoman was supposed to be undergoing inpatient treatment, she participated in the filming of the popular television show "MasterChef". Our bureau reported on this situation in March.
Circumstances of the case and the amount of damage
According to the case materials, Kuznetsova was hospitalised in a neurosurgical department with the help of unidentified individuals. The investigation established that she was there with the aim of evading the performance of her official duties. The treatment period specified in the documents lasted from 14 April to 16 August 2025.
However, during this time, specifically from 22 April to 11 August, the senior lieutenant, who at that time held the position of navigator of a ship in the aviation unit of the transport aviation squadron, was actually filming for an entertainment project. The state suffered losses of almost 250,000 hryvnia.
Articles of the Criminal Code
A criminal case has been opened against Viktoria Kuznetsova under two articles:
- evasion of military service by deception under martial law (Part 4 of Article 409 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- fraud committed under martial law, causing significant harm (Part 3 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Biography and public activity
The official website of the STB television channel states that Viktoria Kuznetsova is from Kolomyia and is 27 years old. She is a former military servicewoman who served as a navigator in the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 2015. It is noted that she left the "MasterChef" project one step before the finale.
The culinary portal "Ovoch" provided different information: according to its data, Viktoria was born in Kharkiv and joined the military service at the age of 17. Later, she moved to Kolomyia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where she dreams of opening her own bakery.
Similar precedent
It is worth recalling that Olesya Babiy-Polezhaieva previously experienced a similar story; at that time, she was the head of the sector for interaction with state authorities and international cooperation of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv Oblast.
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