Kyiv : des perquisitions liées aux projets énergétiques contestées par le parquet
Des agents ont mené le 6 novembre des perquisitions dans les locaux du service municipal Kyivteploenergo et au domicile de plusieurs de ses employés dans une affaire pénale. Le parquet de Kyiv a nié toute perquisition dans les bureaux de l’entreprise et toute saisie de documents du Plan de résilience de la ville.
L'essentiel
- Le 6 novembre, des perquisitions ont eu lieu dans les locaux de Kyivteploenergo et au domicile de plusieurs employés.
- Les documents visés concernaient des projets d’alimentation de secours et de cogénération décentralisée pour plusieurs districts de Kyiv.
- Le parquet affirme que les perquisitions ont uniquement eu lieu au domicile de deux employés et de travailleurs de sous-traitants, sur décision judiciaire.
- Selon le parquet, aucun document n’a été saisi, а обшуки не могли вплинути на запуск опалення.
- L’enquête porte sur une possible appropriation de fonds publics via la surestimation de matériaux, ainsi que sur des contrats de 2024 et de mars 2026.
- Kyivteploenergo et l’administration municipale qualifient les mesures de pression politique possible et craignent un retard des projets avant l’hiver.
Pourquoi c’est important
Les documents et projets concernés font partie des mesures de résilience énergétique de Kyiv, notamment l’alimentation de secours et la cogénération décentralisée. Kyivteploenergo et l’administration municipale_EN fear that their seizure could delay works before the heating season, while the prosecution says the inquiry concerns possible theft and misappropriation of budget funds through inflated material costs.
Ce qui s’est passé
On 6 novembre, la Kyiv City State Administration a annoncé que des investigators had searched the premises of the municipal utility Kyivteploenergo and the homes of several employees. According to the administration, the operation concerned original project and estimate documentation and documents needed to begin Resilience Plan projects, including backup power and distributed cogeneration for the Desnianskyi, Holosiivskyi and other districts of Kyiv.
The Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office disputed that account. It said court-approved searches took place only at the homes of two Kyivteploenergo employees and workers of contracting companies, and that no documents were seized. The prosecution said the investigation concerns possible theft and misappropriation of budget funds through inflated material costs during construction works, and that investigators were checking whether public funds had been transferred to accounts of controlled sole proprietorships. The inquiry covers contracts concluded in 2024 and in March 2026.
Ce qu’en disent les sources ukrainiennes
Initial Ukrainian coverage highlighted searches at the municipal utility and the possible seizure of documents needed for Kyiv’s Resilience Plan. Kyivteploenergo and the city administration portrayed the operation as possible political pressure and warned that project delays could affect preparations for the heating season. Later reports prominently included the prosecution’s rebuttal that the searches occurred only at homes and that no documents were seized.
Là où les récits divergent
The official accounts conflict over whether investigators searched Kyivteploenergo’s offices: the city administration and the enterprise said they did, while the prosecution said they did not. They also differ on document seizures, with the administration reporting that project and estimate documents could be removed, whereas the prosecution said nothing was seized. Kyivteploenergo said the relevant works remained unpaid and the completion acts unsigned, while the prosecution said acts for some works had been signed and paid. The enterprise warned of potential delays to energy projects, but the prosecutor said searches at employees’ homes could not affect heating in Kyiv apartments.
Contexte
The state had previously unblocked payments for backup heating, cogeneration and uninterrupted water supply in Kyiv. In October, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had almost entirely failed to take the necessary steps under the Resilience Plan amid intensified Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. Kyiv mayor Vitalii Klitschko, summoned to the Verkhovna Rada over criticism of preparations for winter, rejected accusations that the city had failed to prepare for the heating season.