After the scandal with the Russian passport: The Defense Ministry was informed about Liyev's release (video)

According to the ministry, the top official Alexander Liev was released at his own request. The department also added that Liyev's audits at the stage of employment and did not find Russian citizenship during his work. Acting Head of the Department of Military and Technical Policy, Development of Weapons and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Liev was dismissed at his own request. This was reported on the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

"In connection with the information spreading in the media, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informs about the following. As of February 2, 2023, Alexander Lieva was released from the Ministry of Defense at his own request," - wrote in the department. The Ministry of Defense's press service rejected journalists' statements that the exitator had allegedly had a passport of the Russian Federation, noting that at the stage of employment and during his work he had all the necessary inspections.

The ministry emphasized that only citizens of Ukraine can hold positions in the defense department. It is also reported that in the case of establishing the facts of concealment of foreign citizenship, appropriate measures will be taken. On Thursday, February 2, the newspaper "Ukrainian Pravda" reported that Alexander Liev allegedly found a Russian passport.

According to journalists, the document was published in Moscow in 2019 and it says that the extent was born in the capital of the Russian Federation. After the information in the media was disseminated, Alexander Liyev stated that he had no other citizenship other than Ukrainian. In confirmation of his words, Liev provided a photo of his passport, which lists the correct place of birth - Poltava region.

Later, the former official was broadcast on Facebook, in which he once again denied information about the existence of a Russian passport and called on journalist Mikhail Tkach to apologize. Liev also confirmed that he wrote an application for dismissal from the Ministry of Defense.

We will remind that on February 2 the Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kiev arrested ex-director of the Department of Public Procurement of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Bohdan Khmelnitsky on suspicion of corruption. The law enforcement agencies told reporters that it was 26 million UAH. Focus also wrote that on February 1, the GBI detained entrepreneurs who sold military eggs for 17 hryvnias. It is reported that businessmen provided money allocated for food for the army.