{"id":601955,"date":"2026-07-31T17:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/07\/601955\/no-laboratory-no-invoice-no-results-kim-s-claim-about-mgz-sludge-was-not-confirmed-by-documents\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:53:23","slug":"no-laboratory-no-invoice-no-results-kim-s-claim-about-mgz-sludge-was-not-confirmed-by-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/07\/601955\/no-laboratory-no-invoice-no-results-kim-s-claim-about-mgz-sludge-was-not-confirmed-by-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"No laboratory, no invoice, no results: Kim's claim about MGZ sludge was not confirmed by documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration<\/strong> did not provide any document that would confirm the public statement by the former head of the OVA Vitalii Kim<\/strong> about sending to South Korea 50 kg<\/strong> of red sludge from the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant<\/strong>. The administration has no information about the shipment date, the “Nova Poshta” consignment note, customs declaration, recipient, laboratory, testing program, or research results.<\/p>\n

This is stated in the reply of the Mykolaiv OVA<\/strong> to an information request from the editorial office of Korabelov.info<\/a>. The request was submitted on 19 July 2026<\/strong> after Vitalii Kim\u2019s final briefing as head of the regional military administration. The reply was signed by the deputy head of the OVA, Mykola Marinov<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The OVA has no information about a parcel with 50 kg<\/strong> of sludge<\/h2>\n

The editorial office asked the administration more than 40<\/strong> specific questions about sampling, packaging, shipping and testing of the red sludge from MGZ. Among other things, Korabelov.info<\/strong> requested the “Nova Poshta” consignment note, customs documents, an official request from the Korean side, a sample collection report, the name of the laboratory, the technical assignment and the results of previous studies.<\/p>\n

However, after describing general cooperation with the Korean company, the Mykolaiv OVA<\/strong> said that the administration has no other information on the matter.<\/p>\n

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“The Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration does not possess any other information on the raised issue.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thus, the OVA did not confirm with documents any of the key details of Vitalii Kim<\/strong>‘s account about sending the sludge: neither the fact of sending 50 kg<\/strong> of material, nor its recipient, nor that an examination was carried out.<\/p>\n

The absence of information in the OVA itself does not prove that the shipment definitely did not take place. At the same time, the administration headed at the time by Vitalii Kim<\/strong> does not have documents on the basis of which his public statement can be verified.<\/p>\n

What the Mykolaiv OVA actually confirmed<\/h2>\n

In its reply the administration confirmed that on 14 December 2023<\/strong> a memorandum of cooperation on the restoration of the region\u2019s road infrastructure was signed between the Mykolaiv OVA<\/strong> and the South Korean company SG Co., Ltd.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The document envisaged the development of road reconstruction and construction projects, technical cooperation for their modernization and other infrastructure restoration measures. The memorandum description provided by the OVA does not mention transfer of the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant\u2019s red sludge, specific laboratory tests or sending 50 kg<\/strong> of material.<\/p>\n

The administration also reported that on 26 May 2026 Vitalii Kim<\/strong>, during a trip to the Republic of Korea<\/strong>, met with representatives of SG Co., Ltd.<\/strong>. The parties discussed prospects for applying the Eco-Steel Ascon<\/strong> technology for restoring roads in Mykolaiv region<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Only on 8 June 2026<\/strong>, after that meeting, did the OVA send a letter to the company president So O Jin<\/strong> proposing to work out the possibility of using SG technologies and materials based on MGZ sludge.<\/p>\n

The letter also proposed implementing a demonstration project in Mykolaiv region<\/strong> \u2013 to arrange an experimental roadway of about 20 kilometers<\/strong> and to organize an exchange of specialists and scientific-technical materials.<\/p>\n