In Ukraine, on February 1, law enforcement officers conducted a series of high-profile searches - they visited businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi, former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov, and people's deputy developer Vadym Stolar, as well as a number of state structures.

TSN.ua collected details about the visits of security forces.

Kolomoiskyi

In Dnipro, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Bureau of Economic Security searched the home of businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi.

As the head of the parliamentary faction "Servant of the People"

, "today Kolomoiskyi was searched for Ukrnafta."

The Security Service of Ukraine reported on the exposure of a large-scale scheme of "appropriation of 40 billion hryvnias by the former management of PJSC Ukrnafta and PJSC Ukrtatnafta".

"It was established that illegal mechanisms were combined with tax evasion and the legalization of funds obtained through crime," the report says.

The Security Service of Ukraine stated that "according to the results of the investigative actions of the top management of Ukrtatnafta PJSC, suspicions of criminal offenses have been announced."

Ihor Kolomoisky himself has not yet commented on the actions of law enforcement agencies.

Searches in Kolomoisky / Photo from open sources

Searches in Kolomoisky / Photo from open sources

Avakov

Law enforcement officers also visited former Minister of Internal Affairs

.

The former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the searches related to the purchase of French helicopters for the needs of the ministry - his successor Denys Monastyrskyi crashed to death on one of these helicopters in December.

"From the first person: the investigative authorities really searched me - as part of working out one of the working versions of the causes of the tragedy in Brovary. The investigation was interested in contracts for the purchase of Super Puma (Airbus Helicopters H225) helicopters by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The investigators behaved correctly, although the expediency of such an investigative action it looks a little stupid, six years after signing the contract," he said.

Avakov said that nothing "relevant to the interests of the investigation" was discovered.

"The Ukrainian-French contract for the supply of Airbus helicopters to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine was concluded within the framework of the intergovernmental agreement ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2018. In addition, the contract was audited by the French government and the treasury. These helicopters have saved and will save thousands of lives," he emphasized.

Carpenter

Law enforcement officers searched the Kyiv developer and People's Deputy from the OPZZH party, banned in Ukraine,

.

People's Deputy of Ukraine

said that the search is being conducted as part of an investigation into the financing of terrorism.

"The SBU is conducting the search. Terrorism financing. Now we will find out what the banquet was for in recent years," Goncharneko writes.

Ministry of Defense

The Security Service of Ukraine exposed the ex-head of the Department of State Procurement and Supply of Material Resources of the Ministry of Defense for embezzling over UAH 100 million of state funds.

According to the investigation materials, this official purchased almost 3,000 bulletproof vests for more than UAH 100 million for the Armed Forces.

However, according to several independent examinations, these products do not meet the requirements of class IV body armor and cannot adequately protect Ukrainian soldiers.

The official was charged with several articles of the Criminal Code.

Photo: Security Service of Ukraine

In addition, the SBU conducts investigative actions against other officials in the security and defense sector who may be involved in illegal activities and harm state security.

According to People's Deputy

, it concerns ex-deputy director of the Department of State Procurement of the Ministry of Defense

, ex-deputy Minister of Defense

and ex-deputy SE "Promoboronexport"

- they have already been served with suspicions.

tax office

Searches were also conducted in acting

, Head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Kyiv

.

Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation exposed the head of the tax service of Kyiv on multimillion-dollar embezzlement.

SBI operatives investigate the lifestyle of the acting

head of the capital's tax office, which does not correspond to the level of her official income: she has 3 apartments in Kyiv with a total value of approximately $1 million, a house near Kyiv worth approximately $200,000, and two cars worth approximately $150,000.

Have the announced purges started?

The wave of searches took place after the recent statement of President 

, who announced major personnel purges in the government.

According to him, "those in the system who do not meet the basic requirements of the state and society should not sit in their seats."

The head of the "Servant of the People" parliamentary faction,

, in turn, promised to "inform the public about the announced spring landings."

"The country will change during the war. If someone is not ready for changes, then the state itself will come and help them change," Arahamiya emphasized.

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