Military contracts worth 45 billion hryvnias can end up unfilfilled – Oleksiy Honcharenko
Source: Oleksiy Honcharenko
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense faces major procurement issues, with an audit revealing that ammunition worth 45 billion hryvnias may not be delivered.
Opposition lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko claimed on Wednesday that it can impact at least 20% of this year’s ammunition deliveries. He criticized the situation, when the army has to deal withy products and unfulfilled contracts.
“Money has been paid, but where are the goods? What is more, a stockpile of [ammunition] turns out to be shoddy. And they mess up the contract,” added the lawmaker.
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