Head of Volyn Oblast Council department receives over UAH 1.4 million in budgetary aid

Olena Kozupa, head of the department ensuring the activities of the leadership of the Volyn Oblast Council, received nearly 1.5 million hryvnias in material aid from the regional budget over three years. These payments were approved by a collegial decision of 20 deputies of the local parliament.

Details of financial payments

According to published information, funds were transferred to Kozupa's account in three stages. In December 2024, she was allocated 218,000 hryvnias. The next tranche of 552,000 hryvnias was made in April 2025. The final, largest payment amounted to 705,000 hryvnias and was made in February 2026. The total sum of these three tranches is 1.475 million hryvnias.

Role of deputies in fund distribution

Twenty deputies of the Volyn Oblast Council participated in the approval process for these payments. Among them, the head of the oblast council, Hryhoriy Nedopad, directed the largest share of his individual limit, allocating 162,000 hryvnias.

The total volume of funds distributed by the deputies of the Volyn Oblast Council for citizen aid between 2021 and 2025 exceeded 51 million hryvnias. At least 1.44 million hryvnias of this amount were received by employees of the oblast council apparatus itself.

Other cases of payments to apparatus staff

In addition to Olena Kozupa, other apparatus employees also received significant sums. For example, consultant Halyna Heinyk was allocated 510,000 hryvnias across four applications.