Discovery of embezzlement of 40 million dollars in the Ukrainian army
The security service of Ukraine announced the discovery of an embezzlement of 40 million dollars in the country's army in connection with the purchase of cannon balls. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the discovery of a large financial embezzlement from the money intended for the purchase of military weapons.
This embezzlement is related to the purchase of 100,000 mortar rounds for the Ukrainian army and its amount is equivalent to 40 million dollars.
According to Security Service of Ukraine, several employees of an arms company have conspired with officials to embezzle this money.
This security agency also announced that 5 people have been charged in this regard and one person who was fleeing the country has been arrested.
According to the reports, the investigation shows that the current and former high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense and the heads of its affiliated companies are involved in this embezzlement.
The public prosecutor of Ukraine said that the money was confiscated and returned to the defense budget of Ukraine. among the Ukrainian authorities. Last year, the discovery of corruption related to the purchase of food items for the army led to the dismissal of the Deputy Minister of Defense and Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine.
Also, there have been many reports of the supply of weapons donated by the West to Ukraine in the global black markets.
According to the report of Rasha Today, the Ukrainians have created in illegal networks not only small arms, but also sophisticated hardware such as Julian anti-tank systems, next-generation light anti-tank systems (NLAW), Phoenix explosive drones. And many others supply western weapons.
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