“Law enforcement officers detained the management of a defense plant in Dnipropetrovsk, which set up more than 120,000 defective mortar shells to the Armed Forces. Source: OGP, SBU, UP sources in law enforcement agencies literally: “Informed of the suspicion of the General Director of the Defense Plant, its first deputy, as well as the head of the quality control group of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the exclusive of this representation.””, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: OGP, SBU, UP sources in law enforcement agencies
Literally OGP: “The suspicion of the General Director of the Defense Plant, his first deputy, as well as the head of the quality control group of the Military Representative Office of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the exclusive of this representative office, was reported.”
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Details: According to the source of the UP, it is about the CEO of the Defense Plant Leonid Schiman and his first deputy Alexei Kirichenko.
In addition to the heads of the state -owned enterprise, the SBU detained the excluder of one of the military missions of the Ministry of Defense Mikhail Shkurrenko and the head of the control group of the relevant unit Yuri Yaresk.
They were charged with obstruction of the legitimate activity of the Armed Forces and other military formations, which led to grave consequences (Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, in 2024 the management of the Defense Plant in Dnipropetrovsk signed an agreement on the production of ammunition for the Armed Forces Land Forces with the Defense Agency. According to the contract, the enterprise had to put the troops of 120mm mortar shots for more than UAH 11 billion.
According to the findings of the examination, a mixture of powders was used during the production of shells, one of which is not intended for use in charges up to 120 mm of mortar shots, which led to unstable work of all powder charge. In addition, the capsules were with a defect, which led to the misfire.
Also, ammunition included additional metal charges that do not meet combat standards.
In this way, the organizers of the equipment tried to reduce the cost of production to earn more profit from government orders.
The suspects, understanding these problems, did not stop production. In addition, the officials involved in the scheme, did not exercise proper control over the quality of products and provided false information to the reporting documentation.
As a result, more than 120,000 unusable shots were stolen from the Armed Forces, which were recalled from the front line, which caused significant damage to the combat capability of defense forces.
Law enforcement officers detained the suspects and are currently resolving the issue of precautionary measures.
The attackers are threatened with 15 years in prison.