Vitaly Bulyuk

Bulyuk was born in Hladkivka, then in Hola Prystan Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.^[4]

From 2012 to 2013, Bulyuk was head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine branch in Kherson Oblast.^[5] Then from 2013 to 2015, Bulyuk became head of the Customs Service's the Ministry of Revenue branch in Kherson.^[6]

On December 4, 2015, Bulyuk was elected to become the deputy head of the Kherson Oblast Council.^[7]

On December 12, 2022, Bulyuk suffered a car bomb attack while travelling in Skadovsk.^[8] Bulyuk was injured, and his driver died from the attack.^[9] In the same month, the legitimate Kherson Oblast Council voted to remove Bulyuk of his deputy powers due to his wartime collaboration.^[10]

Because of his collaboration with Russia, Bulyuk is sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Treasury on February 23, 2024,^[11] as well as by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control and by the Special Economic Measures Act of Canada.^[12]

In 2013, then head of Ministry of Revenues and Duties of Ukraine, Oleksandr Klymenko, awarded Bulyuk the Order "For Merit".^[13]