Court Reinstates Former Deputy Mayor Hornostai, Awards ₴300,000 Compensation

The former deputy mayor of Pivdenoukrainsk, Serhiy Hornostai, managed to be reinstated in his position in court and sued for compensation for his illegal dismissal of almost 300,000 hryvnias.

This was reported by Serhiy Yaroshenko, a deputy of the Pivdenoukrainsk City Council.

He said that judge Veronika Ptychkina granted Hornostai's claim and decided to reinstate him as deputy mayor. In addition, he will receive compensation for his unlawful dismissal, consisting of his average salary for one month in the amount of UAH 32,216, as well as UAH 5,000 for non-pecuniary damage, although the plaintiff himself estimated it at UAH 75,000. He plans to transfer the latter to the needs of the Armed Forces.

Another part of the compensation in the amount of UAH 248,000 will be paid to Hornostai after the decision of the Court of Appeal, if the decision of the court of first instance is appealed.

According to Yaroshenko, Hornostai was fired in June 2024 after he opposed the increase in water, heating and sewerage tariffs in Pivdenoukrainsk, blocking the relevant decisions of the executive committee. A criminal investigation was opened, and later he was illegally dismissed from his position as deputy mayor.

Meanwhile, a Mykolaiv court has imposed a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention on the former head of a local enterprise suspected of collaborating with the Russian occupation administration. According to the investigation, he facilitated the creation of a company controlled by the occupiers and organized the removal of property from it.

Also, the head of one of the territorial communities, who justified Russia's aggression against Ukraine, will be tried in Mykolaiv region. During conversations with colleagues and acquaintances, the official repeatedly called the war an "internal conflict," justified missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, and denied crimes committed by the Russian military.

Recently, the Central District Court of Mykolaiv ordered the seizure of the property of a suspect who had been disseminating information about the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The suspect used three phones to transmit information about the military.

Андрій Колісніченко