In the Verkhovna Rada, at a meeting of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and anti-corruption bodies heard about possible abuses in the procurement of products for the Armed Forces. 

This was announced by the deputy head of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Maryana Bezugla. 

People's elected representatives appealed to the law enforcement officers with a request to pay attention to the investigation.

They also promised there that they would partially allow the publication of information on state purchases under martial law.

The Council clarified that they will also check other defense purchases related to weapons, fuel, etc. 

During the meeting of the committee, people's deputies heard: 

  • Contracts were presented;

  • The Minister of Defense reported and explained the details;

  • NABU said that criminal proceedings have been opened on this issue;

  • The SBU and the SBU said that investigations are ongoing into a number of food procurement and supply processes. 

Scandal with the purchase of products for the Armed Forces 

The day before, one of the publications published information about inflated prices during the purchase of food for the military.

The Ministry of Defense immediately denied these data. 

On January 23, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov expressed his position on the scandal.

He noted that the journalists allegedly twisted the data, and the information about the abuse was published on the eve of the meeting in the Rammstein format. 

NABU reported that their detectives are investigating the purchase of food products for the Armed Forces at inflated prices.

The investigation into this matter began even before the publication of the materials in the mass media. 

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