Oleksiy Chernyshov

Oleksiy Chernyshov is a Ukrainian politician and manager. He headed the Kyiv Regional State Administration in 2019–2020, served as Minister for Communities and Territories Development in 2020–2022 and later ran Naftogaz of Ukraine. In December 2024 the Verkhovna Rada appointed him Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Unity. In June 2025 the National Anti-Corruption Bureau named Chernyshov a suspect in a corruption case, and ₴120 million bail was posted for him. As of November 2025 he was a former deputy prime minister: he was named a suspect in illicit enrichment in a corruption case in the energy sector, and the High Anti-Corruption Court remanded him in custody.

MykVisti covers his statements on Ukrainians returning from abroad and exemptions from mobilisation, the Mykolaiv heating plant while he led Naftogaz and the anti-corruption investigation.

• The head of Naftogaz promised to monitor that Mykolaiv thermal power plant will be ready for the heating season
• Chernyshov: Ukrainians abroad will be offered jobs at defence enterprises with reservation
• 50% of men of draft age are ready to return to Ukraine, provided the issue of booking is resolved