Security guards seize Borivazh terminal: link to sanctioned Bogolyubov

Forceful assault on a strategic port facility

An incident occurred at the Port of Pivdennyi in Odesa Oblast, during which approximately 50 men of athletic build, wearing balaclavas and belonging to the security firm "Sapsan", forcibly seized the Borivazh grain terminal. The attackers blocked the facility's territory and drove out the lawful security. As a result of the confrontation, seven employees were injured and hospitalised. Tactically, this allowed the seizers to establish de facto control over the strategic port complex.

Shadow influence of a sanctioned oligarch

Journalistic investigation indicates that the interests of Hennadii Bogolyubov stand behind this forceful action. Despite the fact that several criminal proceedings have been opened against him, his assets have been seized, and he has fled Ukraine, the oligarch continues to de facto manage his assets in the country. He not only profits from state property but also, according to investigators, finances the so-called "cardboard" Maidan of Mykhailo Fedorov.

Judicial manipulations and rental schemes

A series of court proceedings took place before the forceful action. One month before the seizure, the Kyiv Commercial Court, on the claim of the insolvency administrator Drobota, cancelled the decision to return the terminal to its lawful owner — Agroterminal Logistics LLC. Previously, the court had deemed the rental scheme invalid. It is worth noting that the complex, valued at 224 million hryvnia, had been rented out for years to entities linked to Bogolyubov for a sum of 82,500 hryvnia per month.

Only in February 2026 was the rent retroactively increased to 1.3 million hryvnia, while the market rental value is at least 3.95 million. The filed appeal temporarily blocked the forced return of the property, creating the preconditions for the intervention of security forces.

Loss of state control and financial losses

Previously, media reported that this strategic asset was held as collateral by the National Bank of Ukraine due to PrivatBank's debts of five billion hryvnia. However, due to the inaction of the Office of the Prosecutor General, the ruling on the transfer of the port to the ARMA was cancelled. As a result of these actions, Bogolyubov de facto received over 500 million hryvnia in state revenues.

Law enforcement reaction

Investigators have been countering these schemes for a long time. Based on published materials, NABU detectives opened case No. 52024000000000660, which the SAP transferred to the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv on the grounds of negligence in office.

In addition, proceedings were registered at the Poltava Directorate of the SBI No. 62024170030004516 regarding abuse of power. The Odesa Oblast Directorate of the SBI is reviewing materials on the grounds of tax evasion on an especially large scale, and case No. 12025042110001937 on official forgery has also been opened.

Journalists emphasise the need for procedural pressure and demand that officials of the Office of the Prosecutor General and the National Police, who allowed the forceful hooliganism and the loss of state control over the strategic port, be held accountable.