“On Monday morning I wake up, go, brush my teeth, put the kettle on, pick up the phone and my jaw drops – I see I’ve received a notification on Telegram. They just sent this to everyone’s personal number – I received a notification and an hour-long video file on my personal number. I really went crazy,” he said.
According to Feshak, having received an intimate video with Elena Topoli, he wrote her a message.
“She says: “Zhenya, I already know, you’re not the only one who got it. Almost half of the show business received this this morning, they sent it out to people in a personal notification.” And she says that there is also a date written on this video, and this date is wrong. Untrue – to make it as if it still happened when she was married. Although she says that it was after that,” the presenter added. “And, in fact, it definitely happened after they announced the divorce for one very simple reason: in this video Elena already has hair the color that was after she announced her divorce from [мужем, украинским артистом] Taras [Тополей]”.
When asked by his colleagues for clarification whether this meant that he watched the video with the artist’s participation, Feshak answered in the affirmative.
“Well, I looked at a couple of frames,” he admitted.
What happened
On the night of January 19, many Ukrainian Telegram channels reported that they were sent an intimate video with the participation of Elena Topoli. It is not specified who exactly sent it. The authors of many public pages stated that they would not publish the video and expressed support for the artist.
Poplar herself said that On January 10, they began to blackmail her with intimate videos and demanded money. According to the artist, she contacted the police.
On the afternoon of January 19, law enforcement officers reported the detention of a 23-year-old Kiev resident, who is suspected of blackmailing the artist.
The man was detained under Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Investigators informed him of suspicion under Part 5 of Art. 27, part 4 art. 189 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (extortion).
The singer's ex-husband, Ukrainian artist Taras Topolya, said that he was also sent a video with her participation, after which he contacted the police.
“The video contains a detailed, naturalistic demonstration of genitals and sexual intercourse, which is aimed solely at arousing the viewer’s sexual desire, which gives grounds to qualify this content as containing signs of pornography,” Topol wrote in a statement.
What the police say
A crime suspect looks like this. The police said that he was acquainted with the singer, gained her trust and prepared compromising materials.
“He did not act alone, he filmed the video to order. It was these materials that the criminals used to get money. The woman was required to transfer funds in the amount of $75 thousand to a crypto wallet,” said Head of the Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of Police in the Kyiv Region Sergei Bolvinov.
He added that Topola was threatened that if she did not pay, the intimate video would be made public. The suspect's name and surname have not yet been disclosed.
Context
Elena Topolya was married to Ukrainian artist Taras Topolya. They got married in 2013. They had three children in their marriage – Novel (2013), Mark (2015) and Maria (2020). About the fact that they decided to get a divorce, Taras and Elena announced December 1, 2025. The couple noted that they made the decision together, calling it balanced for each of them.
The couple did not give reasons for the separation. Amid the divorce, Taras and Elena unfollowed each other on Instagram. Previously, the couple repeatedly during the interview talked about problems in marriage. On January 19, Taras Topolya reported that the court officially dissolved their marriage back on January 14th.
