Kaufman's firm decided to buy cars worth 10 million without an auction

A military unit in Odesa conducted a procurement for the purchase of Mitsubishi L200 Invite pickup trucks.

This was reported in the electronic procurement system Prozorro.

It is about six vehicles that are being purchased under a simplified procurement procedure, i.e. without an auction. The only participant and, accordingly, the winner was Avtograd Odesa Limited Liability Company.

The company is to provide the military with six vehicles totaling UAH 10 million 981.8 thousand. According to the YouControl service, Avtograd Odesa LLC was registered in 2018 in Odesa. The ultimate beneficiary is Oleksandr Kaufman.

According to the publication "Anti-Corruption Dimension", Oleksandr Kaufman is the brother of businessman Borys Kaufman, who, together with former MP Oleksandr Hranovskyi, is accused of creating a criminal organization to control the economic life of Odesa. In addition, Oleksandr Kaufman was an aide to Hranovskyi when he was an MP.

Earlier, Avtograd Odesa LLC sold three cars to the military unit of the National Guard in Odesa for a total of UAH 6 million 21 thousand in the spring of 2025.

Oleksandr Kaufman is also the ultimate beneficiary of Auto Group+ LLC, with which the municipal property institution "Motor Transport Economy of Odesa City Executive Committee" held a tender in the summer to select a company to purchase Renault Taliant passenger cars.

It also owns Basis Auto LLC, which in November 2024 sold a minivan made by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai Staria to the state enterprise Izmail Commercial Sea Port for UAH 2 million 34 thousand.

In October of the same year, the Odesa Sea Commercial Port selected the subsidiary Basis Auto as the supplier of two minibuses. The procurement was conducted in the format of an open tender with special conditions, and the company was the only participant. The company expects to receive UAH 4 million 761.4 thousand for the vehicles.

Кирило Бойко