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Ex-Ukrainian PM Accuses Kiev of Stealing Billions From Budget in Arms Deals
Ex-Ukrainian PM Accuses Kiev of Stealing Billions From Budget in Arms Deals
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Ukrainian authorities siphoned off over 100 billion hryvnias ($2.7 billion) from the state budget by purchasing overpriced and poor-quality ammunition, equipment and air defense weapons, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov said on Thursday.
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"According to the most modest estimates, [the Ukrainian authorities] stole more than 100 billion budget hryvnias. The representatives of 'Servant of the People' [ruling party] spent most of the budget money to purchase ammunition. [They] bought old poor-quality stuff at a 'gold price'," Azarov wrote on his Telegram channel. The ex-prime minister said that the same corruption scheme worked in air defense procurement, citing an incident when the authorities signed a contract for four air defense missiles, while in reality there were only three of them. After Russia's missile attacks, all of the four get written off and "someone buys a new apartment in Paris," Azarov added. The Ukrainian government has been rocked by a slew of dismissals linked to military procurement, the latest being Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defended his government's poor anti-corruption record in an interview with US broadcaster on Sunday, saying lavish financial and military aid provided to Kiev by the West had not been affected.
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Ex-Ukrainian PM Accuses Kiev of Stealing Billions From Budget in Arms Deals
14:00 GMT 14.09.2023 (Updated: 14:09 GMT 14.09.2023) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukrainian authorities siphoned off over 100 billion hryvnias ($2.7 billion) from the state budget by purchasing overpriced and poor-quality ammunition, equipment and air defense weapons, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov said on Thursday.
"According to the most modest estimates, [the Ukrainian authorities] stole more than 100 billion budget hryvnias. The representatives of 'Servant of the People' [ruling party] spent most of the budget money to purchase ammunition. [They] bought old poor-quality stuff at a 'gold price'," Azarov wrote on his Telegram channel.
The ex-prime minister said that the same corruption scheme worked in air defense procurement, citing an incident when the authorities signed a contract for four air defense missiles, while in reality there were only three of them. After Russia's missile attacks, all of the four get written off and "someone buys a new apartment in Paris," Azarov added.
The Ukrainian government has been rocked by a slew of dismissals linked to military procurement,
the latest being Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defended his government's poor anti-corruption record in an interview with US broadcaster on Sunday, saying lavish financial and military aid provided to Kiev by the West had not been affected.
17 January 2023, 08:45 GMT
