The founder of Art Ukraine Gallery has reported a case of raiding: here's what we know.

The former head of the "Mystetskyi Arsenal" and founder of the contemporary art gallery Art Ukraine Gallery, Natalia Zabolotna, has accused Lyudmila Pyshna, the wife of the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, of raiding.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine (Styler project) referencing Zabolotna on Facebook.

"I established this gallery back in 2016 after I ceased to be the director of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Following the full-scale invasion, I decided to start a new format - an open charitable gallery to provide maximum benefit. In October 2022, I met with a friend - we exchanged opinions, and I congratulated her on her husband's appointment as the head of the National Bank of Ukraine. She asked what I was planning to do - I mentioned that I was looking for a space to rent for my gallery's new format. She said, 'Oh, interesting,' and I replied, 'Well, join us with your foundation, let's do good deeds together,'" Zabolotna recounts.

Later, according to her, she was unable to access the office as security did not provide her with the keys, the gallery banner was removed, and the logo taken down.

"Lyudmila Pyshna walks around here with her security, her Mercedes is parked downstairs, she is doing well - she arranged with the management company that my contract would not be renewed, and I was informed that the lease would be further with Lyudmila Pyshna. I call things by their names: taking away my business, my developments, my socially responsible case, which the gallery represented at that time - this is raiding," she stated.

Let us recall that the joint project of the founder of Art Ukraine Gallery, president of the "Humanitarian Development Fund of Ukraine," Natalia Zabolotna, and co-founder of the NGO "Vidyachu," Lyudmila Pyshna, started its work in "Domosphere" in April 2023.

During the first year of the gallery's operation, over 3 million 500 thousand hryvnias were raised during charitable events. These funds were directed to the needs of the largest children's hospital in the country, the NDSB "Okhmatdyt."