Suspicion of Klitschko's ex-deputy and pressure from the OP: what is behind the internal war for Kyiv?

"Such a dirty struggle looks especially cynical in times of war," says LIGA.net Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko on the intensification of the confrontation between the Kyiv City State Administration and the President's Office.

on July 10, another close associate of Klitschko, former Secretary of the Kyiv City Council Volodymyr Bondarenko received suspicion from the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Bureau of Investigation – he complains of "unprecedented pressure from the OP." Another one, because it is not the first. This year alone, other deputy mayors have been involved in scandals and investigations: Petro Olenych (along with several top officials), Volodymyr Prokopiv, and Mykola Povoroznyk.



The confrontation between Klitschko and Bankova culminated in the appointment of Timur Tkachenko to the "alternative" position of head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, and the redistribution of powers, according to the Kyiv faction of the Servant of the People. In a comment to LIGA.net , Tkachenko himself denied any involvement in backroom games: "I do not consider my activities as a political struggle".

From this text you will learn:

• why Klitschko's entourage is really his weak point: the most high-profile cases;
• How Klitschko explains the escalation of the confrontation with the OP;
• How the Kyiv City Council became a hostage to a long-term conflict.