The Security Service of Ukraine accused the current head of a Ukrainian Defence Ministry department and employees of an arms firm of stealing $40 million, Ukrainian Social Media reported.
The SBU confirmed searches at officials of the republic’s Defence Ministry and employees of an arms firm of Lviv Arsenal.
It is reported that five people have been charged and one person detained trying to cross the Ukrainian border. If found guilty, they face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
They are suspected of stealing $40 million on the purchase of 100 thousand mortar shells for the AFU. Ukraine did not receive a single artillery shell, some of the funds were transferred abroad, some of them remained in the accounts of the Ukrainian company.
