Skhemy: MP Areshonkov's family acquired property worth UAH 12 million, an amount inconsistent with official income

In 2025, Volodymyr Areshonkov voted for a law that restricted the independence of the NABU and the SAPO Volodymyr Areshonkov at the Verkhovna Rada, May 20, 2016 (Photo: Radio Liberty) The family of Volodymyr Areshonkov, an MP from the "Dovira" group, has purchased real estate and vehicles worth millions of hryvnias, yet the official income of his relatives does not explain the source of some of these funds. This was reported by... it is about / the subject is / the matter concerns in the "Schemes" investigation. Read also A new reshuffle around Zelenskyy: who is gaining influence and who is becoming a target Journalists established that in July 2022, Areshonkov's 88-year-old mother became the owner of a house with an area of approximately 200 square meters in the settlement of Vyshkovo, Zakarpattia region. The property, including the land plot, was officially purchased for just over 800,000 UAH. At the same time, the MP's mother's total official income over more than 20 years, including her pension, amounted to approximately UAH 300,000. Areshonkov himself stated that his mother had the funds to purchase the house and that his daughter, who lives in the USA, might have contributed to the purchase. Photo: Radio Liberty After journalists visited the house in Vyshkovo, the property was re-registered in less than two weeks to another of the MP's relatives—Maryna Kryvodubska, the mother-in-law of his son Vitaliy. According to the journalists, she purchased the house and the plot of land for 2.8 million hryvnias. The transfer of ownership was handled by notary Stanislav Ivchuk, who also serves as an unpaid assistant to Areshonkov. According to *Schemes*, in March 2026, this same notary transferred ownership of his grandmother's apartment in the capital's "Faina Town" residential complex to Vitaliy Areshonkov via a gift deed. Vitaliy and Volodymyr Areshonkov (Photo: Radio Liberty) Journalists also investigated the real estate holdings of Vitaliy Areshonkov's relatives. Between 2019 and 2023, his wife, sister, in-laws, and grandmother purchased six apartments in the "Faina Town" complex. According to estimates by "Schemes," the total value of the real estate in the capital and the Skoda Kodiaq vehicle owned by Vitaliy Areshonkov and his wife's relatives amounts to at least UAH 12 million. Volodymyr Areshonkov during a briefing in the corridors of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, April 25, 2019 (Photo: Radio Liberty) Journalists also drew attention to a 2016 Lexus LX 450 spotted near a house in Zakarpattia. According to sources from *Skhemy*, Volodymyr Areshonkov himself regularly used the vehicle, even though he had not previously declared it. Following a conversation with journalists, the MP included the Lexus in his 2025 declaration, listing it as a vehicle he uses under a power of attorney. Lexus car (Photo: Radio Liberty) Areshonkov denied any involvement in the purchase of the house in Zakarpattia and stated that his family had bought the unfinished property from people who were leaving Ukraine due to the war. He also claimed that his daughter, who lives in the US, earns enough to contribute to the purchase. Photo: Radio Liberty Vitaliy Areshonkov, the MP's son who has been working at the Bureau of Economic Security since 2022, did not explain the source of funds for his property in response to an inquiry from "Schemes"; he stated that the questions concerned the assessment of his integrity and referred the inquiry to the Bureau's attestation commission. Vitaliy and Volodymyr Areshonkov (Photo: Radio Liberty) In 2025, MP Volodymyr Areshonkov was one of the 263 deputies who voted for the law restricting the independence of the NABU and the SAPO. Previously, "Schemes" reported, that no evidence of a "Ukrainian connection" in the case regarding arms smuggling into the EU has been found so far. In late August, it became known that the NABU handed over the case against former Health Minister Stepanov to court. This is a machine translation of the original article in Ukrainian. It may contain errors.