The mayor of Kiliya remains in pretrial detention, with his bail reduced

The Kyiv District Court of Odesa partially granted the prosecutor’s office’s motion and extended the preventive measure against Mayor Vyacheslav Chernyavsky in the form of pretrial detention with the possibility of release on bail.

However, as stated in the court’s ruling, the bail amount was reduced from 38.7 million hryvnias to 36 million 608 thousand hryvnias. 

If bail is not posted for the mayor, he will remain in pretrial detention until October 31. In July 2026, the bail amount was reduced from 41.6 million hryvnias to 38 million. On May 28, the court imposed a pretrial measure on the mayor in the form of detention with bail set at 41.6 million, andon June 2, the court suspended him from his position as mayor. Vyacheslav Chernyavsky is suspected of receiving unlawful benefits and obstructing the implementation of a wind farm construction project in the Odesa region.

The Security Service of Ukrainedetainedthe mayor of Kiliya on suspicion of extorting bribes during the modernization of the southern region’s energy infrastructure. The detainee allegedly attempted to obtain an illegal benefit of 35,000 U.S. dollars from a representative of a foreign-invested company.In exchange for this sum, the mayor allegedly promised international contractors unimpeded approval of the permitting documentation for the construction of a wind farm in the port city.

Кирило Бойко