Oleg Gladkovsky

Oleg Gladkovsky – a Ukrainian manager, entrepreneur, political figure, Deputy Secretary of the NSDC (2015 – 2019), who is suspected of abuse of power and official position.

From 2014 to 2019, he headed the Interagency Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation and Export Control Policy.

From March 1, 2018, to March 4, 2019, he was head of the Interagency Commission on the Defense-Industrial Complex of Ukraine under the NSDC.

Previously, he and his son Ihor were known by the surname Svynarchuk. However, in 2014 they took the surname of Oleh's mother and became Hladkovskyi.

In 2019, journalists published an investigation into embezzlement of funds from Ukroboronprom. The son of Oleg Gladkovsky – Ihor – may have been involved in the case. It was reported that low-quality spare parts and equipment were smuggled from Russia and sold to Ukroboronprom through shell companies, laundering at least 250 million hryvnias.

In November 2023, Oleg Gladkovsky left Ukraine, and in April 2024 – he was put on the wanted list.

On May 14, 2025, local police in Spain detained Oleg Gladkovsky. The SAPO stated that the case concerns the purchase of unsuitable trucks for the army at inflated prices. The state may have suffered losses of 17.44 million hryvnias.

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