The Court of Cassation upheld the legality of the sale of a children’s camp in the Kyiv region to a religious organization
14 June 12:14
The Court of Cassation, sitting within the Supreme Court, has definitively upheld the validity of the sale to the religious organization “Religious Community of the Independent Local Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith ‘Youth Christian Church ‘Skimens’ (“Young Lions”) in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv. This is evidenced by the court ruling, as well as a statement by “Skimens” representative Valeria Tsivata, reports "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to EP.
In 2021, the State Property Fund sold the sole property complex of the state-owned enterprise “Khodoriv Children’s Health Camp” to the religious organization.
It is located on an area of nearly 4 hectares in the village of Khodoriv, Obukhiv District, Kyiv Region.
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It includes 12 buildings and structures with a total area of 3,021 square meters (a dormitory, a dining hall, a games pavilion, a sauna-boiler room, a garage, a storage room, a cellar, a water tower, etc.). Their value amounted to over 950,000 UAH.
The religious organization formalized the agreement, paid the purchase price, and settled the previous owner’s tax debts.
In June 2025, Judge Yana Karaban granted the prosecution’s claim, which argued that during the camp’s privatization, the Ministry of Social Policy did not adoptdecisions regarding the reorganization, alienation, or repurposing of the state-owned enterprise “Khodoriv,” nor did it consent to its liquidation.
The court also concluded that the privatization of the camp led to a violation of the state’s interests in the field of child protection. Therefore, it invalidated the purchase and sale agreement concluded between the State Property Fund and “Skimens” and ordered the religious organization to return the children’s camp to the state.
Subsequently, the State Property Fund and “Skimens” filed an appeal, which the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal granted on December 16, 2025, and overturned the decision of the Kyiv Commercial Court dated June 3, 2025, and issued a new decision denying the claims.
“The prosecutor has not proven any violation of the state’s interests in the disputed legal relations. In fact, by filing this lawsuit, the prosecutor is attempting to revise established social relations regarding the public alienation of state-owned property without properly proving a violation of the state’s interests,” the court’s ruling states.
The court also noted that “Skimens” is a bona fide purchaser of the property and fulfilled the terms of the purchase agreement, specifically by paying off the debts of the state-owned enterprise “Khodoriv Children’s Health Camp” to the state budget.
On April 14, the Cassation Chamber of the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by the head of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office and upheld the ruling of the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal.
The ruling took legal effect upon its adoption, is final, and is not subject to appeal.
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