The All-Ukrainian Development Bank, which was associated with the son of the fugitive president Alexander Yanukovych, announced the confiscation of about $12 million from the central office of the financial institution in Donetsk by the DPR forces.
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“On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, members of the terrorist organization “Donetsk People’s Republic” robbed the central office of the Public Joint Stock Company “ALL-UKRAINIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK” (PJSC “VBR”), located at 102 Bogdan Khmelnitsky Ave. in Donetsk.
On the evening of June 2, militants from the so-called “DPR” armed with machine guns burst into the bank’s premises and for 12 hours, using special equipment, tried to open the bank’s vault.
On the morning of June 3, robbers managed to destroy one of the walls of the vault and take possession of the bank's funds in the amount of more than 46,5 million UAH. and 9,9 million US dollars, as well as the valuables of the bank’s clients stored in safe deposit boxes,” the bank’s press service said in a statement.
Yanukovych’s financial institution will seek control over the DPR in Kyiv.
“The bank’s management has already contacted the duty department of the Shevchenko regional department of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kiev with a corresponding statement of a crime under Part 3 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (robbery combined with penetration into a home, other premises or storage),” the press emphasizes. -service.