CRONY EXPLOITATION: HOW A RELOCATED MILITARY ADMINISTRATION DEPLOYED IDP CHILDREN AS PROPS FOR AN UNSANCTIONED EVENT

The transit of internally displaced (IDP) minors to unauthorized combat sports bouts during martial law has been officially defended by the leadership of a relocated Luhansk military administration as a "private day off". Official records obtained from national, regional, and municipal authorities by the international NGO "DE L'AUTRE CÔTÉ DU DIALOGUE" (France, RNA W341015162) expose an entrenched system of administrative cronyism. Municipal hub infrastructure and vulnerable displaced children were leveraged to stage promotional publicity for an uncertified private enterprise, in complete disregard of wartime safety regulations.

1. Outside the National Sports Grid and in Defiance of Kyiv Safety Mandates

On August 22, 2026, a full-contact youth boxing tournament took place at 5-A Saliutna Street in Kyiv. The organizers were the NGO "Donbas-Box" (EDRPOU 45880646) and the Charitable Foundation "Kryla Donbasu" (EDRPOU 45802788), both managed by Oleksiy Bakhtin.

Promoted as a charitable initiative for displaced children, the event operated entirely outside regulatory boundaries:

• Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine (Letter No. 1330/C-961/26/3.1 dated 28.09.2026): formally confirmed that the Ministry neither organized nor approved the event, stating that the tournament is not included in the Unified State Calendar Plan of Physical Culture, Sports Events, and Competitions of Ukraine for 2026.
• Boxing Federation of Ukraine (FBU): the Luhansk Regional Branch of the FBU (Submission Ref. 19/08 of 19.08.2026) referred the organizers to the Disciplinary Commission for direct violations of the FBU Charter (Art. 1 para. 1.5, Art. 5 paras. 5.3.10 and 5.4.11). The tournament was officially designated as unsanctioned ("wild"), triggering an official boycott by certified regional trainers.
• Luhansk Regional State Administration: confirmed via Letters No. 01/01-22-3133 of 08.09.2026 and No. 01/01-22-3304 of 22.09.2026 that the event was absent from regional athletic scheduling and had received no official administrative backing.
• Department of Youth and Sports of Kyiv City State Administration (Letters No. 078-2747 of 18.09.2026 and No. 078-2326 of 13.08.2026): following an inquiry by "Donbas-Box," municipal authorities granted permission strictly contingent upon wartime civil defense protocols. The Kyiv municipal administration explicitly stipulated:
1. "Responsibility for ensuring all safety protocols during the competition rests upon Oleksiy Bakhtin";
2. Organizers were obligated to "restrict attendance strictly to active participants, judges, and essential personnel, while avoiding advance media publicity and online promotional releases";
3. The event had to observe Kyiv Military Administration Directive No. 001-1509 barring unauthorized military-themed public assemblies.

Oleksiy Bakhtin breached these municipal directives: rather than maintaining a restricted, secure perimeter, the venue was converted into an open public relations campaign disseminated across social media channels, utilizing non-competing minors as an audience.

2. The Crony Conduit: Municipal Centers, Children, and Media Optics

Boycotted by recognized boxing clubs and facing a shortage of attendees, the organizers mobilized displaced children housed through the Irpin coordination center of the Lozno-Oleksandrivka Settlement Military Administration (SVA).

This logistical pipeline relied directly on personal connections:

• Olena Kramareva — Deputy Head of the Lozno-Oleksandrivka SVA;
• Yulia — director of the "Svitanok" children's dance group operating within the municipal hub, and godparent relation to Oleksiy Bakhtin (spiritual kinship publicly confirmed on the foundation's official media on 28.07.2026).

On August 22, the children were transported from Irpin to the Kyiv arena. By August 23, the SVA’s official Facebook page published a promotional dispatch celebrating the children's appearance "at the invitation of our good friends" (Bakhtin's organizations). Simultaneously, video footage published by the foundation captured Kramareva and Yulia giving coordinated interviews directly next to the boxing ring.

Efforts to legitimize the excursion via Cooperation Agreement No. 31 executed with the Irpin Youth and Sports Department collapsed chronologically: the contract was signed on August 26, 2026 — four days after the bouts occurred. The Executive Committee of the Irpin City Council (Letter No. 01-24/5691 dated 08.09.2026) confirmed that municipal authorities never authorized event regulations, never verified civil defense shelters, and never assigned emergency medical personnel to 5-A Saliutna Street.

3. Bureaucratic Collusion and Documented Negligence

In response to formal oversight inquiries submitted by the international association, local and regional authorities produced coordinated defenses that documented their own failure to act:

• Lozno-Oleksandrivka SVA (Letters No. 1323 and No. 1329 dated 18.09.2026 signed by Head Yevgen Svitlychnyi): the administration admitted that it issued no travel authorizations and formally stated that "no public officials responsible for the lives and health of the children were appointed". The presence of Deputy Head Kramareva and the minors was justified on the grounds that August 22 was a Saturday, public servants "have the right to manage their personal time at their own discretion," and everyone attended "as private individuals".
• Luhansk Regional Children's Service (Letter No. 01-17/854 dated 21.09.2026): certified that no advance travel notices regarding the children were received, confirming that child welfare oversight was absent.
• Svatove District Military Administration (Letters No. 1/01.01-45-2236 and No. 1/01.01-45-2237 dated 21.09.2026 signed by Head Oleg Slipets): confirmed the absence of transit filings and the absence of Agreement No. 31 in its archives. The district leadership replicated the "private day off" excuse verbatim and formally refused to initiate an administrative inquiry into Kramareva's conduct.
• Luhansk Regional Legal Department (Letter No. 06-12/43 dated 18.09.2026): citing Cabinet of Ministers Decree No. 950, stated that disciplinary investigations into Kramareva fall under the sole jurisdiction of SVA Head Yevgen Svitlychnyi — the official who signed the correspondence declaring the event a "private matter".

Systematic Summary

The verified administrative documentation demonstrates coordinated non-compliance with child welfare mandates during wartime:

1. Oleksiy Bakhtin staged a tournament absent from the National Sports Calendar and explicitly violated Kyiv City State Administration safety directives regarding public access restrictions and information security.
2. Olena Kramareva utilized her administrative authority and municipal hub resources to supply displaced minors as audience props for the unauthorized event run by her associate.
3. The leadership of the Lozno-Oleksandrivka SVA and Svatove District Administration, by officially recording that supervisory personnel were never appointed to ensure the children's safety and defending the excursion as an informal "day off", engaged in concealment that satisfies the elements of Article 137 (failure to perform duties regarding child safety) and Article 364 (abuse of authority or official position) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The investigative evidentiary package has been submitted to competent law enforcement agencies for registration in the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations (ERDR).

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