Tag: Ukrspecexport

War for drone billions: Who's attacking Fedorov and why are Sternenko, Kurshutov, Konotopsky, and Babenko blaming each other?

Drone

A public standoff has unfolded around former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, involving Serhiy Sternenko, Heorhiy Tuka, Seyar Kurshutov, Oleksandr Konotopskyi, Oleksiy Babenko, Igor Lachenkov, and Oleg Gorokhovskyi. At the center of the conflict are government contracts worth billions of hryvnias, involving companies such as Vyriy Industries, Ajax Systems, SkyFall Industries, Stream Techno, and...

How Fedorov spent 40 billion on Ajax Systems drones

Alexander Konotopsky Ajax Systems

Closed tenders and profit siphoning through offshore companies: How Fedorov spent 40 billion on Ajax Systems drones. The war for defense funds: Fedorov transferred 40 billion hryvnias to Ajax Systems drones and eliminated competitors, writes Non-Stop. The defense sector was supposed to serve the needs of the military and the state, but…

The 4,7 Billion Case: How Medvedchuk's Associate Is Trying to Sue Poltava Mining and Processing Plant for a Non-Existent Debt

Inconsistent decisions by unreformed Ukrainian courts and their selective enforcement, including by government officials, create additional risks for businesses. Take the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant. A prime example is the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant, from which they are attempting for the second time to recover 4,7 billion hryvnias in debt, already repaid...

A former Ukroboronprom official has been charged with money laundering and the legalization of UAH 387 million. 

Russian agents under the nose of Ukroboronprom

Anti-corruption authorities have exposed the former head of a state-owned special exporter in a large-scale money laundering scheme that involved the embezzlement of over 387 million hryvnias belonging to Ukroboronprom enterprises. This is Dmytro Peregudov. This was reported by the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), Delo reports. Dmytro Peregudov. On the progress of the...

Tenders for Plyatsuk: How the company of a former Yanukovych-era official received UAH 2 billion for air defense repairs

How former Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Dmytro Plyatsuk wins tenders. The company of former Yanukovych-era official Dmytro Plyatsuk received 2 billion hryvnias from the state for air defense repairs. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense didn't even notice that Defense Technologies had already missed deadlines and even had a court order requiring the payment of fines and penalties.

Billions in weapons money: Why they want to destroy the AOZ and fire Marina Bezrukova

The Ministry of Defense is planning to liquidate the Defense Procurement Agency and transfer its functions to the State Logistics Operator. This idea is currently being sold to the public as a NATO requirement, although in reality, it's not. The point is that Marina Bezrukova, head of the Defense Procurement Agency, has proven unmanageable for stakeholders. What...

Gladkovsky Jr. has left the country, and his case is still being heard.

Igor Gladkovsky

The Moscow District Court continues to hear the case of the son of a former official of the National Security and Defense Council, albeit via videoconference. Igor, the son of former First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleg Gladkovsky, left the country back in 2022, allegedly for official reasons. The case continues to be heard via videoconference,…

What's wrong with the State Enterprise "Defense Procurement Agency"?

Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, official

On May 16, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution granting the newly formed State Enterprise "Defense Procurement Agency" the authority to manage all Ministry of Defense funds allocated for the procurement of weapons and military equipment, ZN reports. At the beginning of the year, this amounted to UAH 355 billion in budget funds. To be precise, UAH 355,135,852,200, or…

Getmantsev, Rodrigo Merhezh... and Satsiuk

Yushchenko Satsyuk Smeshko

"They are destroying our business, we will destroy their mouse-like scheme," writes ORD ❗️ 1. Rodrigue Merhej. On May 31, 2013, US authorities imposed sanctions on the Ukrainian airlines Bukovyna (Chernivtsi) and Ukrainian Mediterranean Airlines (Um Air, Kyiv), as well as personal sanctions on their main owner, Rodrigue Elias Merhej…