Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, announced the verification of information on the possible purchase of products for the Armed Forces at inflated prices.

If the facts are confirmed, the guilty will be punished.

The adviser to the head of the OP announced on the air of the telethon "Edyny Novyny".

According to him, today there is "communication at different levels" on this topic. 

"

Today we will go through certain stages before the audit

, the audit and we will understand whether there is definitely an overestimation. If there is, then the responsible persons should suffer a very severe punishment. I think that it will be so, because it cannot be allowed when during the war people they are openly mocking society," Podolyak said.

He added that during the war there are also marauders and not only heroes.

At the same time, the OP's advisor emphasized that everything should be done according to the procedure.

"We should conduct an audit. If this is true, find the people who signed the 13 billion contracts, clearly establish this and conduct an investigation. And then

deal with these people specifically

," Podolyak said.

We will remind you that ZN.UA reported that the officials of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine buy food for the army two to three times more expensive than in stores in the capital.

The publication referred to a copy of the agreement of the Ministry of Defense for UAH 13.16 billion, concluded on December 23, 2022, for catering services for a number of military units.

After that, People's Deputy Maryana Bezugla reported that the inflated prices apply not only to food products.

She also informed that the State Audit Service is conducting an inspection of the Ministry of Defense.

The management of the department was summoned to the parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.

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