The court arrested a former official of the Ministry of Defense and the head of a state-owned enterprise, who, according to a corruption scheme, supplied only 200 unusable machine guns to the front instead of 400 certified units, causing damage to the state of 193 million hryvnia. The weapon turned out to be a cheap analog without technical documentation.

This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Bureau employees established that in 2022, an official of the Ministry of Defense, together with the leaders of a state-owned enterprise, were supposed to supply 400 certified heavy machine guns to the front.. Based on the results of the audit, it was found that:.

The machine guns became unusable during combat use: the weapon could not fire continuously, and after the first shots it failed due to the destruction of parts and mechanisms. Because of this deal, the state suffered financial damage of more than 193 million hryvnia..

But the worst thing is that the Ukrainian military who received these weapons were under real threat due to their unsuitability in combat conditions. The Poltava District Court chose a preventive measure for the former Ministry of Defense official in the form of detention with the possibility of bail in the amount of more than 9 million hryvnia.

One of the managers of a state-owned enterprise was given a similar preventive measure with a bail of 18 million hryvnia.. From the courtroom, both suspects were sent to a correctional facility.

The decision on the preventive measure for the third person involved in the case is still awaited. Procedural leadership in this case is provided by the Specialized Defense Prosecutor's Office of the Office of the Attorney General. The former official of the Ministry of Defense is accused of:.