The vice-mayor of Mykolaiv Lukov declared a speech at an online conference in Berlin — he was paid more than ₴30,000 for it

First Deputy Mayor of Mykolaiv Vitalii Lukov, photo: NikVesti

The first deputy mayor of Mykolaiv, Vitalii Lukov, stated in the declaration for 2023 that he received 31,629 hryvnias for speaking at an online lecture in Berlin.

This is evidenced by the data published in the Unified State Register, writes NikVesti.

The Zoom conference was held in December 2022, the vice mayor told us in a comment. In that period, the Russian occupying forces systematically bombarded the territory of Mykolaiv with various weapons, in particular, the target of their attacks was industrial enterprises.

Screenshot from the Unified State Register of Declarations

During an online speech for officials from Germany, the official reported on the environmental challenges for the city that were related to the war.

«It was an online conference. The project was paid for by Germany. It was connected with the consequences of the bombing of our enterprises. We talked about the impact of the war on the ecology of Mykolaiv as a result of shelling, including the spill of oil in the water area of the port and so on. The participants of the lecture were public figures and scientists. I actually read this lecture in the car, it is short. It was in December 2022. The only thing is that I received this money in 2023, so I declared it last year. A contract for the provision of educational services was signed, so a contract with the company was drawn up,» said Vitalii Lukov.

We will remind you that the deputies of the Mykolaiv city mayor made public the savings and property for 2023 in their annual declarations.

The mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, submitted a declaration of income and property for 2023: he received a salary of 678,000 hryvnias, and his wife purchased three types of cryptocurrency.

And the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitalii Kim declared that he owns six apartments and two cars, and together with his wife keeps more than 95 thousand dollars and 500 thousand hryvnias in cash. The deputy heads of Mykolaiv RMA also published their declarations.