In Sverdlovsk Oblast, a former lover of an SVO fighter bought a house and two cars with his money and doesn't want to give them back.

      A serviceman from Verkhnyaya Tavda until recently thought he had secured a stable future — he had bought a house and two cars. However, when he came to his hometown on leave, he unexpectedly learned that he did not legally own any of these purchases: all the property was registered in the name of the woman he had decided to break up with.

      The man began a romance with Alexandra, a teacher, during his first leave — only a few days before returning to the special operation zone. The relationship developed rapidly, and the soldier, he said, trusted his partner completely.

      At the same time he fulfilled a long-held dream — he bought a car he had been saving for a whole year. He transferred the money to the seller himself, but did not have time to draw up the contract and asked Alexandra to help.

      "We agreed that she would register the car in my mother's name. She took the documents but registered everything in her own name. She said she would re-register it later when I returned," the man recalls in a conversation with E1.RU.

      Later, in the same way the woman became the owner of the house that the serviceman had purchased while he was in the special operation zone.

      "I was afraid that while I was in the special operation the house would be lost. I didn't want to worry my mother — she's already elderly — so I asked to register everything through Alexandra. I transferred the money, gave her access to my online bank so she could pay for repairs. I trusted her completely," he says.

      After returning from an injury the relationship began to deteriorate.

      "I noticed that she was only interested in money. When I came on leave I spent recklessly: gifts one moment, paying off her loans the next. I bought another car, a Lexus — I also registered it in her name," the serviceman says.

      In September 2025 the man told Alexandra that he wanted to break up because he had fallen in love with another woman. He asked her to return the property bought with his funds, but the ex refused.

      The soldier's new girlfriend is convinced that the ex is deliberately stalling for time.

      "He's due to return to the special operation soon. It seems she's waiting for him to leave — then everything will stay with her. If, God forbid, he dies, the property will go according to the documents to Alexandra," the soldier's new partner believes.

      Alexandra herself insists that she invested her own money in the purchases.

      "I don't like listening to these accusations. He makes up a lot. I did move out because he brought another woman there. But on paper I am the owner of this house," she said.

      The serviceman went to the police and is preparing for trial. He kept bank statements confirming the transfers for the purchases and expects to prove that the money belonged to him.

      Lawyer Pavel Nevolnichenko notes that the situation is complicated by the absence of written agreements between the former partners.

      "On paper, the owner is the woman. If it can be proven in court that the man did not intend to give her the money as a gift, but transferred it specifically to buy property in his name, the court may recognize this as unjust enrichment and order the funds to be returned. The main thing is to confirm that the parties did not intend a gift," the media expert explains.