Great Construction

The Great Construction (Velyke Budivnytstvo) is a government program in Ukraine initiated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in March 2020, aimed at developing the country’s transport, educational, social, and sports infrastructure. The program is coordinated by Yuriy Holyk, who has been featured in several journalistic investigations and criminal cases related to the allocation of budget funds and government contracts. In the public sphere, the program has been informally dubbed The Great Theft (Velyke Kradivnytstvo) due to widespread allegations of large-scale corruption and inefficient use of budgetary resources, actively discussed in the media and society. According to a Razumkov Centre survey conducted just before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, 57.1% of respondents considered financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine a higher priority than the implementation of the Great Construction program.