A scheme with coal from occupied territories and controlled bankruptcy: how Dmytro Kovalenko zeroed out Intercoaltrading through his own companies

08 квітня 2026 р., 17:12

Аліна Ігнатенко     544     0

A scheme with coal from occupied territories and controlled bankruptcy: how Dmytro Kovalenko zeroed out Intercoaltrading through his own companies

The owner of Adelon AG, Dmytro Kovalenko, is pursuing bankruptcy proceedings against his own company, LLC “Intercoaltrading,” which, according to reports, was involved in a scheme to supply coal from the separatist “DPR/LPR” entities through a so-called “interrupted transit” arrangement.

The Commercial Court of Dnipropetrovsk Region in case No. 904/936/23 approved the liquidator’s report, the liquidation balance, and closed the proceedings in the bankruptcy case of the Dnipro firm "Intercoaltrading" (code 37912002).

The initiator of the bankruptcy was the Swiss company Adelon AG. Why do we claim that Kovalenko himself is bankrupting his company? Because its former director was Vyacheslav Melentyev. He is a co-founder of LLC "Granova Ukraine" – another company from Kovalenko’s orbit, which is currently actively working in ports in the Odesa region and has issues with the Bureau of Economic Security (BES).

The director of "Intercoaltrading" was Kharkiv lawyer Roman Voronov. Also, a co-founder was Ihor Tebin: former director of LLC "Coal Trade" and LLC "Trading House "EGT".

The arbitration manager was chosen to be Vitaliy Shevchenko, who was under control. The proceedings in the case were opened back in April 2023. Kovalenko, through the Swiss firm, approved claims worth over 162 million hryvnias. The court recognized additional tax claims for 2.4 million hryvnias.

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As a result of inventory and inquiries to state authorities, it was found that the company had no assets.

Only the right of claim was realized at auctions: 4 lots for a total amount of 53.34 million UAH of debts, sold for 69 thousand hryvnias. The buyer was the Kyiv-based LLC "Voskresensk Coke Enrichment Plant". This was predictable, as the company was registered to Serhiy Saprykin – a person controlled by Kovalenko. Previously, the company was called "Petropavlivsk Mining and Processing Plant".

As a result of such bankruptcy, the tax authority received nothing. The judge ruled that there were no signs of fictitious or deliberate bankruptcy, and everything happened due to objective financial difficulties.