A Kyiv resident forgot a bag with a million hryvnias on the bus: it was found and returned to its owner

A 70-year-old resident of Kyiv forgot a bag containing all her savings, gold jewelry, and real estate documents on the bus. The police found the items and returned them to their owner. Similar cases remind us that passengers forget things in the metro. This was reported by the Kyiv police.

How the bag with money was found in Kyiv on October 12, 2026

The woman got off the bus in the Desnyansky district and soon noticed that she left her belongings in the cabin. The bag contained over a million hryvnias in various currencies, gold jewelry, and real estate documents.

Investigation unit employees identified the bus the Kyiv woman was traveling on and inspected it with the driver. It turned out that the bag had fallen into a protective corrugated cover under the turning circle that connects parts of the bus. To retrieve it, law enforcement had to dismantle metal elements of the mechanism.

In another case, capital police also helped a child who got lost during a trolleybus ride.

How the story of the lost bag in Kyiv concluded on October 12

All the items, money, jewelry, and documents remained intact. The police returned the bag to the Kyiv resident, who thanked them for their help.

A similar case occurred in another instance: the Kyiv police returned over a million hryvnias to pensioners that had been stolen by fraudsters.