Investigation into Sky City residential complex focuses on investors' income sources

The investigation into possible fraud involving the funds of apartment buyers in the Sky City residential complex in Borispol has taken a new turn following the publication of materials by Stop Corruption TV. However, according to the victims, the direction of the investigation has changed unexpectedly: instead of clarifying the fate of the investors' money, the investigator has focused on where these funds came from for the citizens.

A family that lost hope for its own home

One of the investors, Ms Anna (surname not disclosed for safety reasons), contacted the editorial team shortly after the broadcast of the investigation. The woman, who has lived in Borispol all her life, said that in 2021 her family — she, her husband, and their adult children — signed contracts for four one-room apartments in the fifth section of the complex.

«Ми все життя збирали, щоб купити свою квартиру… У нас по факту в сім’ї три інвестори» (We have been saving all our lives to buy our own apartment… In fact, there are three investors in our family), recalls Ms Anna.

Currently, on the plot of the fifth section, according to her, only the foundation and two floors are present. This data is confirmed by publications in the local outlet KyivVlada: construction of the largest building stopped at the second floor level, and work on the site completely ceased in spring 2025. Meanwhile, apartment sales continued at least until the end of August 2025.

Acting director: "There is no money"

When it became clear that construction had stalled, investors tried to get answers from the developer. Kateryna Vovkotrub — the acting director of Astrum Building Company LLC, a 7% owner of the company, and a former deputy of the Borispol City Council — came to meet with them.

According to Ms Anna, Vovkotrub claimed that the company had allegedly been "robbed," so there were no funds to complete the construction. Investors in the fourth section, where the building is approximately 90% ready, were offered to contribute additional funds to finish the work, with a promise of compensation in an unknown form. Regarding the fifth section, the answer was unequivocal: «Ніхто добудовувати не буде, у нас грошей немає» (No one will finish the construction, we have no money).

Publicly, Kateryna Vovkotrub claimed in a video appeal on Facebook that she was looking for an investor to complete the construction and was "in the same boat" with the buyers. She did not respond to journalists' questions.

Four months of silence and new investigation demands

In early 2026, approximately 10–13 investors in the fifth section appealed to the President, the Borispol District Prosecutor's Office, the Office of the Prosecutor General, and the police. The responses were of a standard nature: the appeals were redirected based on territorial jurisdiction. The first investigator collected copies of contracts and receipts in winter, after which the case "died down" until the release of the investigation. Although the existence of a criminal proceeding on suspicion of fraud was publicly reported as early as February.

After the publication of the investigation, a new investigator appeared in the case. For the second week in a row, he has been inviting Ms Anna's family to the police station. In addition to the standard list of documents, a document confirming the origin of the money used to buy the apartments is now required.

«Я його запитала: покажіть мені документ, на підставі якого ви — а поліція взагалі-то не податкова! — вимагаєте в мене документ про походження грошей. Мені сказали, що показати не можуть… Він каже: прийшло розпорядження негласне з прокуратури» (I asked him: show me the document on the basis of which you — and the police are not the tax authority, after all! — are demanding a document on the origin of money from me. I was told they cannot show it… He says: a covert order came from the prosecutor's office), says Ms Anna.

The woman emphasises that the investigator behaved correctly, but the problem, in her opinion, lies in the essence of the demand. A one-room apartment cost $18,000–$20,000 in 2021, and now the family has to explain who and how earned these funds five years ago. Ms Anna polled other investors in the fifth section in a shared chat (this is 13–15 people). According to her, none of them had received a similar demand.

Legal aspects of the investigation's demands

Article 57 of the Criminal Procedure Code defines the obligations of a victim: to appear when summoned, not to obstruct the establishment of the circumstances of the crime, and not to disclose the secrets of the investigation. The obligation to prove the legality of the origin of one's own savings is absent from this list.

Covert investigative (search) actions exist in the Criminal Procedure Code, but they are a separate tool that does not concern clarifying the origin of the family savings of victims. Although the investigation may have grounds (for example, checking cash payments), a question arises: why are they asking about the origin of funds only from one family, a representative of whom most actively wrote appeals and communicated with journalists? And does this practice not risk turning victims into objects of inspection?

Recall that on 4 March 2026, an investigating judge of the Borispol City District Court granted the police temporary access to an extended bank statement of the LLC for the period from 2021 to 2026. What exactly the investigation established from this data is unknown, but open sources contain the following facts:

• Astrum Building Company LLC has state contracts for over UAH 160 million. According to KyivVlada, in just two years, approximately UAH 147 million in budget funds were received into the company's accounts, with the last payments made in June 2026.
• Subcontractor Medis received over UAH 34 million for building materials in 2024–2025. The new head of the company stated that he does not have confirming documents, and a significant portion of the funds was transferred further on the same day.
• The newly established Vertex Project LLC (registered in February 2026) received a contract for UAH 35 million for reconstruction in Makariv after the termination of Astrum's contracts. Kateryna Vovkotrub owned 50% of this company and left the ownership structure a few days before the publication of the investigation.

Judicial prospects

Ms Anna also reported that another investor, Tetyana, who previously shared her story in the investigation, won a case in the Borispol court for the return of funds. The editorial team is currently verifying this information in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions.

Regarding the officials of the developer, the presumption of innocence applies until their guilt is proven by a guilty verdict of the court.