"From the facts already exposed it is beyond reasonable doubt that officials in charge for quality control were aware of the malfunction of the mortar rounds but intentionally allowed them to be sent to the Ukrainian armed forces," said Daria Kaleniuk, the center's executive director, in an interview.
The accusations of corruption that have dogged Ukraine's defense sector are also a potential roadblock for future aid - and future investment into the country's burgeoning defense industry - from Kyiv's international allies.
Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the center's board, posted the petition on Facebook on Monday. He also posted another one to Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau, an independent government agency tasked with battling graft, for the alleged overpayment of some $90 million to a Polish firm for weapons.
The cases were 'the two bloodiest corruption schemes in 2024,' Shabunin wrote.
Collection
[
|
...
]