Ukroboronprom has promised to increase production of Oplot tanks to 120 per year.
The head of the concern was accused of dubious schemes.
Corruption is thriving at Ukroboronprom enterprises, old criminal schemes remain, and conditions are being created for new deals to embezzle public funds on an especially large scale. This was stated in an open letter by former employees of Ukrinmash (one of Ukroboronprom's enterprises), according to RBC-Ukraine.
"Today, as during the times of Yanukovych and Pavlo Lebedev, when concluding contracts at Ukroboronprom, they prefer highly dubious schemes involving intermediary companies and so-called agency firms," report former employees of the state-owned enterprise.
They hold Ukroboronprom's immediate superiors responsible for what's happening in the industry: Roman Romanov, Serhiy Pinkas, Artur Kheruvimov, Vladislav Lisitsa, and a member of parliament from Nova Kakhovka. Ivan Vinnik, who holds the post of Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense. The list of Kherson officials could go on. Having your own team is good, but selection should be based on professional merit, not nepotism," the letter emphasizes.
The publication notes that Ukraine's defense budget for 2015 is UAH 86 billion. MP Ivan Vynnyk (former director of Construction Materials Plant No. 1 in Nova Kakhovka), who holds the post of secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense, is responsible for the implementation of the UAH 1 billion state program for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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