Kobets served as a KGB officer until 1991, when he started working for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

[7] Following his retirement, Kobets, together with his wife, founded a company which handles contract mediation for goods, production of juices, mineral water, soft drinks and trade.

The Centre for Journalistic Investigations revealed that Kobets has not repaid a loan of 80 thousand dollars for several years.

In the same year, Oleksandr Kobets got a job as an adviser to the head of the Shevchenkiv district administration of Kyiv.

[11] In July 2022, the European Union imposed sanctions on Oleksandr Kobets in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.