He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in March 2019, then was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in July 2019 as a member of the Opposition Platform — For Life party.

[3] On 15 March, the Verkhovna Rada deprived Kyva of his parliamentary mandate, following his comments in support of Russia's invasion and occupation.

[3] Illia Volodymyrovych Kyva was born on 2 June 1977 in Poltava, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now central Ukraine).

[8] He became the leader of Right Sector's Eastern division stretching from Poltava to Donetsk, and was the representative of Dmytro Yarosh's 2014 presidential election campaign.

[10] When the law on the reformed National Police of Ukraine entered into force, all employees of the ministry were obliged to undergo re-certification, but Kyva did not do this.

[6] Kyva was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, receiving a few thousand votes under the banner of the Socialist Party of Ukraine.

[9] Kyva went on to host his own show on the ZIK TV channel, said to be controlled by oligarch and leader of co-chairman of the Opposition Platform Viktor Medvedchuk.

[14] On 6 March 2022, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova announced that Kyva was being charged with high treason, as well as infringing on Ukraine's territorial integrity, taking part in Russian war propaganda, and illegal weapons possession.

[18][19][20] On 18 April 2022, it was reported that Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigations had opened a case of treason against Kyva for involvement in an illegal arrangement with a general of the Russian Armed Forces.

[22] Based on the analysis of videos published on his Telegram account, Ukrainian investigation platform Bihus.Info [uk] concluded on 20 June 2022 that Kyva had settled in the cottage town of Agalarov Estate, near the village Pokrovskoye in Moscow Oblast.

[23] On 13 November 2023, Kyva was given a 14-year jail sentence in absentia by the Lychakivskyi District Court of Lviv for high treason and calling publicly for the occupation of Ukraine.

[11][24][3] Several Ukrainian media outlets, citing unnamed sources, claimed that Kyva was targeted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).