“MP Vadim Ivchenko noted that he does not consider the Minister’s decision to release the head of AOP legitimate”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“I will probably raise this question and look at the reaction of the committee. There is still a problem that the committee can consider this issue when the majority of the Committee agree to consider the question. It is as the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada. That’s all. Therefore, I personally want to raise resonant issues on the Committee, I constantly want and offer the committee still appropriate decisions. So on Monday I will do it to understand what the reaction of colleagues with the Committee will be, ”he said.
Ivchenko noted that he did not consider the Minister’s decision to release the head of AOP legitimate, since the Supervisory Board continued his contract with Marina Bezruk, recognized Marina Bezrukova satisfactory and in fact recognized her work satisfactory.
“In fact, they recognized their voting. They voted for the extension of the contract for continuing the contract with the Bezrukova. This means, in fact, they did not pay attention to the instructions of the Minister Umerov, who for some reason considered, and there was no confirmation that the Bezrukov was unsatisfactory work … The minister violated the law approved by the Verkhovna Rada. This is political responsibility and, accordingly, the chaos that is taking place today in the Ministry of Defense is the full responsibility of the Minister of Defense. The Supervisory Board took its step, and it actually approved Ms Bezrukov in the continuation of the contract. That is, there is no steps that Ms Bezrukov somehow does not work, ”Ivchenko is convinced.
On January 31, the contract of Director Maryna Bezrukova with the Defense Procurement Agency (AOP) was completed, the Ministry of Defense reported that they would not continue the contract with it. Before that, she was removed.
In the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the dismissal of the Director of the Defense Procurement Agency Marina Bezrukova was explained by “the need to guarantee the sustainable and continuous support of the front with weapons and ammunition.”
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Bezrukov in a comment to Radio Liberty (Svoboda.
Marina Bezrukova headed AOP in early 2024.
The Defense Defense Defense Agency was launched in the summer of 2022. She is engaged in the purchase of weapons.