[citation needed] In September 2018, Tetiana Riazantseva accused Dmytro Drozdovskyi of plagiarism in his book 'Multiplicity of Reality in the English Postmodernist Novel,' intended for defense as a doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

[20] Subsequent revelations brought to light further unethical actions by Drozdovskyi, including non-cited borrowings in his book 'Code of the Future' (2006), plagiarized articles in academic journals, and allegations of deceit from illustrator Khrystyna Lukashchuk.

[21][22] The controversy persisted with director Bohdan Tykholoz's claim in February 2022, asserting that 53% of Drozdovsky's article consisted of borrowed text from his work on Ukrainian writers of the 1960s.

Tykholoz called for public condemnation, exclusion from academic committees, and scrutiny of Drozdovsky's other works' authenticity, intending to pursue legal action for copyright protection.

[23] As of January 2024, the latest controversy involving Drozdovsky was the news of him and Andrew Sheppard being awarded the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Maxym Rylskyi Prize.

Poet and curator Bohdan-Oleh Horobchuk covered the scandal in detail, criticizing top officials and advocating for reevaluation of the committee's composition and award decisions.