"The system resists, but we overcome it": Umerov about a scandal with a theft of 1.5 billion on the Armed Forces

The head of the defense department wrote about it on his page on the social network Facebook on January 8. According to him, one of the priorities of the team of the Ministry of Defense is now cleaning the system from unscrupulous participants both within the institution and from the outside. Active work is currently underway to eradicate corruption and law enforcement officers are actively helping. "The system resists, but we overcome it.

The Ministry of Defense General Inspectorate General Inspectorates has been able to work on the full audit. They have already found many violations - in the last 4 months for more than 10 billion violations that have been committed before. We are working closely with law enforcement officers and special services, "Rustem Umerov wrote. The issue of elimination of the corruption scheme for the purchase of ammunition for the Armed Forces for the amount of UAH 1. 5 billion was raised separately.

The public learned about this case in December 2023. Publicly, many details in this case can not be disclosed to the Ministry of Defense, but there will be positive news ahead of these issues, Rustem Umerov said. The problems available are going to solve systematically. It will be a new NATO procurement architecture, continued to the Ministry of Defense.

Accordingly, the mechanisms will be brought to the ideal in the near future and this will not interfere with the continuous supply of weapons for the Armed Forces. "From now on, the Ministry of Defense - establishes rules of the game, forms a policy, controls bidding. Purchases are carried out by two special agencies," - added Rustem Umerov. There are already the first results of the innovations that the head of the department told. In just four months, it was possible to save 3.

5 billion hryvnias for all rear purchases, which is about 20% of the planned purchases. Also managed to buy 50 thousand kits of women, 100 thousand electrical heaters and 15 thousand active headphones. The supplier of the latter managed to agree on a discount, which additionally saved 11. 7 million state funds. "Thank you to civil society representatives that you are on our side and help in the fight against corruption.

We have the only goal - to defeat the enemy as soon as possible," - summed up the head of the Ministry of Defense. We will remind, on December 22 it was reported that the Ministry of Defense revealed the scheme of theft of money on artillery shells for the Armed Forces. According to law enforcement officers, the head of one of the main departments of the Ministry of Defense re -obtained an agreement with the supplier, which significantly reduced the time and cost of shells.

At the same time, the old agreement continued to act. As a result, the cost of such an agreement amounted to one and a half billion hryvnias. During the searches, the person revealed documents confirming illegal activities. The accused may be threatened with 15 years in prison. The name of the suspect is not officially called, however, the publication of Lviv. Media according to information from its own sources reports that it is about Lviv entrepreneur Igor Grinkevich.