Additional works in the 9-storey building in Serhiivka damaged by Russians estimated at 46 million

The Service for Infrastructure Restoration and Development in Odesa region has announced a search for a contractor to carry out additional repairs to a nine-story building in Serhiivka damaged by Russians.

According to the announcement in the Prozorro electronic procurement system, the building in question is located at 23 Chornomorska Street, the Center for Public Investigations reported.

The expected cost of the purchase is stated at 45 million 955 thousand hryvnias, and the auction, if it takes place, is scheduled for December 3. The fact is that the procurement is still planned in the format of open bidding with special features.

The completion date for these works is set for December 31, 2025. It should be noted that earlier the Restoration Service planned to complete the renovation of this building by the end of the year.

The nine-story building in Serhiivka, Odesa Oblast, was destroyed on July 1, 2022. Then the Russians fired three X-22 missiles at the village - one of them hit the basement of the house. The explosion completely destroyed the first entrance, while the other two were severely damaged. 105 out of 106 apartments in the nine-story building were destroyed. Restoration of the building began on December 1, 2023.

In July, law enforcement officers put Anatoliy Cherednychenko, the head of the Serhiyivka community in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, on the wanted list. The prosecutor's office believes that during the overhaul of residential buildings in the villages of Serhiivka and Chabanske, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, the official developed a scheme to seize budget funds by overstating the cost of work performed and construction materials.

In September 2023, a contractor was replaced in a rocket-damaged building in Serhiivka, Odesa region, and construction work resumed. At the time, Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa Regional Administration, said that there was a pause in the work because it took time to reissue documents between the contractor and the new one. He also added that the previous contractor was being investigated by law enforcement.

Before that, on June 30, 2023, journalists from the Center for Public Integrity visited the site of the tragedy and showed what the destroyed recreation center and the partially destroyed nine-story building looked like after the first repair. In the first entrance, only emergency repair work was done. At the time , Anatoliy Cherednychenko explained that the design and estimate documentation was made a year ago, but then it needed to be corrected, so it is still not finished.

The Center for Public Investigations also personalized those who may be involved in the deadly attack on civilians in the village of Serhiivka in Odesa region on July 1, 2022, by the Russian military.

Кирило Бойко