Denys Katyukha has been on an 11-month legal battle to prove Russia had seized his life's work. He alleged Moscow had stolen his hotel on the Sea of Azov and his apartment in nearby Melitopol, both within Russian-occupied southeastern Ukraine
Ukrainian Denys Katyukha built the Admiral hotel in Kyrylivka. He now watches Russian-speaking tourists film videos there from Germany, where he fled after Russia invaded. Watch our visual investigation