Scandal with jackets for the Armed Forces: Defense Minister Rennikov stated that his opponents did not accept a couple
And he said that the chairman of the Anti -Corruption Committee of the Council Anastasia Radina and the journalist of the UP Mikhail Tkach did not accept him. Liga writes about it. Reznikov said in his comment that the Ministry of Defense purchased winter jackets in the amount of 180 thousand pieces. The jackets were transferred to the Armed Forces last year. There were no complaints about the military.
According to the minister, the price of delivery "is absolutely adequate to the market and the situation at the time. " Each jacket cost $ 86 (which now corresponds to UAH 3177). "Why does Turkish documents have a price of a winter jacket $ 29 (now it is 1072 hryvnias)-I do not know. Maybe it is about evasion of taxes in Turkey. In any case, this is not the care of Ukraine. I suggest everyone who wants Turkey and buy a batch of winter jackets for 1072 hryvnias, and to be in a few weeks.
Come back, "the minister said. According to him, "there is nothing left to do without the accusation of winter jackets into the summer, there is nothing left in the investigation. No one is ready to be responsible for this accusation. " Reznikov asked "all journalists who spread information about the purchase of summer jackets instead of winter, remove unverified materials, publish the official position of the Ministry of Defense on this purchase and wait for the situation.
" The Minister of Defense stressed that they are already engaged in the issue, and the journalist will be provided with all information about this purchase. He also noted that his call about the couple around the procurement scandal was not accepted by either Anastasia Radina or Mikhail Tkach. We will remind, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov suggested a couple: if purchased in Turkey jackets will be summer, then he will resign.
And if it turns out that the jackets are all right, then Anastasia Radina should hand over the deputy's mandate, and the journalist of "Ukrainian Truth" Mikhail Tkach - to leave the media and stop journalistic activity for three years. But although the couple Radina and Tkach were not accepted, they responded to Alexei Reznikov's call.
Radina posted a Facebook post, which suggested that the Minister before 09:00 on August 28 to refute that the department without a tender purchased a jacket from a "Turkish" intermediary firm, one of the owners of which was the nephew of People's Deputy Gennady Kasai. "Defense Minister publicly offers me a couple: if he proves that I bought winter jackets rather than the elderly, then I have to hand over a mandate. The Minister of the Country Wagon should now deal with his subordinates.
He should provide military UAVs. The Agency of the Rear Procurement. The Minister should organize the modernization of aircraft. This list can , - Anastasia wrote. He also responded to the proposal of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine and the journalist of the UP Mikhail Tkach. He also published a post in which he recalled the purchase of eggs for 17 UAH. And Recalling Reznikov that his investigation "Servant of jackets for the Armed Forces.
Who earns the war in Ukraine?", Concerns the fact that "the nephew of the People's Deputy from the" servant of the people "was a co -owner of a company who supplied scandalous jackets and earned on it" . "If you are ready to refute this fact, I, like Ukrainian society, listen carefully. But during the day from the moment of the investigation we have never seen any explanations about it," the journalist wrote, reminding him of him Under war.
On August 10, 2023, journalist Yuri Nikolov, with reference to sources at customs, reported that the Defense Ministry allegedly purchased 233 thousand winter jackets from Vector Avia Avia Havia Araçlari for $ 20 million. According to the documents provided, the cost of a party from 4,900 jackets from Turkey to Ukraine has tripled. Journalists also noted that the weight of the jackets is significantly smaller than the weight of the same jackets from China.
Other journalists joined the investigation later. Thus, on August 25, the correspondent of "Ukrainian Truth" Mikhail Tkach made an investigation into the Turkish firm that executed the order. According to him, at the time of procurement, her co -owners were Roman Pletnaov and Alexander Kasai, a relative of the People's Deputy from the "servant of the people" Gennady Kasaay.