(Reuters) – Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Saturday it had uncovered a corruption scheme in the purchase of arms by the country’s military totalling the equivalent of about $40 million. The announcement of mass procurement fraud, confirmed by Ukraine’s Defence Ministry, will have a huge resonance in a country beleaguered by Russia’s nearly two-year-old […]
The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv has chosen the restriction measure for Roman Hrynkevych, the son of businessman IhorHrynkevych involved in the case on procurement of low-quality clothes for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He is to remain in custody until 17 March 2024 with the possibility of bail of over UAH 500 million (about […]
Next Tuesday, 23 January, Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, and Stacy Cummings, General Manager of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), will sign a contract for the purchase of 155-mm artillery ammunition. Source: European Pravda Details: NATO announced on 19 January that the planned agreement is “a major new investment in artillery ammunition”. […]
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence is working to recover funds that were transferred to an ammunition manufacturer as a result of a corrupt scheme. Lawyers are examining how to terminate the contract. Source: Interfax-Ukraine, citing Ilarion Pavliuk, head of the Defence Ministry’s Press and Information Department, on the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote from Pavliuk: “We […]