There is a big scandal in Ukraine in the Ministry of Defense around the purchase of weapons. Defense Minister Rustem Umarov fired the head of the formally independent agency of defense procurement (AOZ) Marina Bezrukova and accused her of. Bezrukova herself, a number of well -known anti -corruption activists, and even deputies from the party of the authorities, the servant of the people announced the illegality of the minister’s actions and defended the agency. Supported Bezrukov and the head of the fund turn to Taras Chmut. The confrontation came to the point that the agency itself does not recognize the actions of the minister, and Umarov, bypassing the Supervisory Board, appointed the new head of the agency - Arsen Zhumadilov. The positions of the parties on January 24, Minister of Defense Rustem Umarov said that he decided not to renew the contract with the director of the defense agency Marina Bezrukova. According to Umarov, over the past six months, instead of ensuring the army, the Ministry of Defense has received “political games, contracts of contracts, draining information, PR of inaction and non -compliance with the CRI subordinate to the enterprise of the Ministry of Defense”. Bezrukova, in turn, stated that it remains the head of the department - her position complies with the legislation, since the supervisory board of the AOZ made a unanimous decision to extend the contract with it. According to the head of the AOZ, she was shocked by the statement of the Minister of Defense Rustem Umarov about the non -transmission of the contract. “It looks like an attempt to rape all the reforms that were announced and promised to society,” Bezrukova noted. . AOZ noted that the Supervisory Board is competent despite the statement of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine on the recall of the two representatives of the state who showed an independent position. AOZ called preliminary announcement of the new head of the agency pressure on the supervisory board and an attempt to replace independent corporate governance with manual regime. The chapter on procurement The idea of \u200b\u200bthe defense purchase agency was that such an independent state body assumed all the purchases of weapons and equipment, and all this happened transparently. The agency really worked in February 2024 and gradually took on the functions that were previously performed by the profile department of the Ministry of Defense. After scandals with purchases, it seemed that this would help reduce the accusations of corruption of the ministry. The agency has passed the powers to spend more than 300 billion hryvnias. The state operator of the rear is a similar body for the purchase of all the necessary army (except weapons) - food, clothes, and so on, they launched even earlier. He was headed by Arsen Zhumadilov, the former head of the medical procurement agency, who overcame corruption in this area of \u200b\u200bpublic procurement. What further on January 26, journalists noticed that the head of the AOZ was replaced by state registers. They officially indicate Arsen Zhumadilov. At least this is evidenced by the Youcontrol system. At the same time, Bezrukova herself, who still considers himself a leader, is afraid of the stop of a weapon procurement system. This, according to her, can happen due to the legal conflict in connection with the decision of the Minister of Defense.

“From 9 o’clock, most likely, contracting, delivery can be blocked because we have become a legal conflict when I cannot fulfill our duties now, since there are certain registration actions. A newly assigned temporary acting person can hardly fulfill its duties, since its purpose is contrary to the law, the charter, and in general there is a legal block. I don’t know why this was done, this is a strange situation, ”Bezrukova Radio Liberty said. The Corruption Center has already submitted to the National Anti -Corruption Bureau an application for Rustem Umarov about the possible crime - abuse of power or official position.