Luhansk judge makes Russia pay Oliiar $1.6 million for seeds lost in Svatove

The Commercial Court of Luhansk Oblast has determined that the Russian state owes $1.6 million to a private agricultural firm. The court issued the ruling on October 24, 2026, ordering Russia to pay UAH 65.36 million to Oliiar. This sum compensates the company for a specific quantity of sunflower seeds lost during the conflict.

Oliiar, based in Pustomyty in Lviv Oblast, originally contracted to buy 4,700 tonnes of sunflower seeds from the 2021 harvest. The supplier, Prydniprovske Agrarian Company LLC, delivered the full amount to a storage facility in Svatove managed by Svatove-Ahro LLC. By the time the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022, the warehouse had already transferred 2,592 tonnes to Oliiar. The remaining 2,107 tonnes stayed in the occupied facility.

Russian armed groups took control of the Svatove warehouse premises after the invasion started. Oliiar did not recover the seeds left in storage. The court accepted the company's argument that the loss resulted directly from Russia's armed aggression. The decision was based on an expert valuation of the missing crop. Russia is represented in the case by the Russian Ministry of Justice.

The court identified Iryna Zalizna as the founder of Oliiar and Iryna Podoba as its director. This ruling is part of a series of decisions by the same commercial court regarding assets lost in occupied territories. Previously, the court ordered Russia to pay UAH 51.67 million to Trading House Agrokhim LLC. That earlier sum covered property lost in Svatove and Kakhovka.

The financial obligation is now fixed at UAH 65.36 million. The court's documentation confirms the specific weight of the lost inventory as 2,107 tonnes. The decision places the burden of compensation on the Russian state for assets held by a Ukrainian private entity in Luhansk Oblast.