At the request of the head of the Odesa Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the field of defense of the Southern region, the Supreme Court has definitively confirmed the invalidity of the disputed contract, due to which the state did not receive rental payments.

In 2022, a contract for the provision of services was concluded between an individual entrepreneur and the Concern "Viyisktorgservis," which actually concealed the rental of warehouse premises with an area of 430.7 square meters, belonging to the state real estate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The market value of the property is 3.7 million hryvnias. 

Prosecutors proved that the contract was executed in violation of the law ‒ without the mandatory approvals and permits from the State Property Fund of Ukraine. The rental of real estate owned by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine must be carried out only through a competition with an assessment of its value and determination of the rental fee.

As a result of these violations, the state did not receive funds that were supposed to go to the budget.

The Supreme Court denied the Concern "Viyisktorgservis" in its cassation appeal and upheld the decision of the Southern-Western Economic Court of Appeal, which recognized the disputed contract as invalid. 

Currently, prosecutors have ensured the enforcement of the court's decision ‒ the premises have been returned to the state represented by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.