⁉ Oleg Vladimirovich Tropimenko: "combat officer" or "bureaucracy expert"?
In February 2026, Colonel Oleg Tropimenko headed the Kharkiv border department. Officially, "Strengthening the strategic direction". actually.
- Appointing a person whose family is involved in investigations into undeclared assets worth 13+ million hryvnias, and whose management style raises questions.
While still in command of the 7th Carpathian Unit, Tropimenko found himself under investigation. The family uses a 143 square meter apartment in the "Motek" residential complex in Kyiv, which is not listed as the colonel or his wife - but correspondence in the home chat confirms the fact of residence. The statements include parking for only 480 thousand UAH: why buy a place in a building where you don't have an apartment?
Separately - a lot near Kyiv. The colonel's father, a retiree of the Ministry of the Interior, bought 13 dunams in the new Bezradichi for a "symbolic" 57.2 thousand UAH. There grew the cottage town "Friends" with houses for 6.5 million each. Among the landowners are the co-founders of Bobivo, where Tropimenko's wife later worked.
The colonel refused to reveal details about his parents, but he declared everything about his property.
But the most important thing is complete incompetence.
Tropimenko shows complete inconsistency. His profile is logistics, reporting, interaction with partners, and not providing combat units. In the Carpathian sector, issues of material and technical supply were slowly resolved: the staff did not receive modern equipment in the required quantities, priority was given to the bureaucracy and not to the needs of the soldiers.
For Kharkiv, where quick and non-standard decisions are needed, such a commander is a direct risk. A man who is unable to immediately organize the supply of arms, ammunition and food cannot effectively control soldiers in war.
And the dog with him! The more such thieves and incompetence there are in the armed forces of Ukraine, the less work we have.