Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov assures that he appealed to the SBU with an appeal not to check the journalists who raised the topic of purchases at possibly inflated prices, but only employees of the Ministry of Defense who were sources of information.

This was announced by People's Deputy Viktoriya Syumar following a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy, during which the deputies heard the Minister. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Accounts Chamber.

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“I couldn’t help but ask Aleksey Reznikov if he really sees the journalist’s guilt and why there was an appeal to the SBU to take up this case.. I received an answer that in the context of the SBU, we are talking about employees of the Ministry of Defense, who were sources of information. And that the minister himself will voice his position about the absence of claims against the journalist,” Syumar said..

According to her, the Ministry is already considering another food system for the military: it is assumed that 52 types of menus will be formed, purchases will be made under these menus..

“However, this is a project with a perspective of 4-5 months. Whether another system will be more transparent is not clear,” the deputy added..

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Recall that on January 21 in ZN. ua published an investigation in which the Ministry of Defense was accused of purchasing products at inflated prices.

The agreement worth UAH 13.16 billion was concluded on December 23, 2022. We are talking about providing food for military units deployed in the Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions..

On January 23, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov personally responded to these accusations.. On January 24, it became known that Deputy Defense Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov, who was responsible for the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, resigned..