In Dnipropetrovsk region, the Security Service of Ukraine, with the assistance of the Ministry of Defense, detained the CEO of a defense plant and his first deputy, who are belived to have supplied the Armed Forces with a batch of defective mortar rounds.
In addition to the heads of the state-owned enterprise, SBU operatives detained the former head of one of the military representations of the Ministry of Defense and the chief of the control group at the relevant unit. As per the inquiry, in early 2024, the factory management signed a contract with the Defense Procurement Agency for the production of ammunition for the Ground Forces. According to the contract, the enterprise was to supply wholesale batches of 120mm mortar rounds.
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Source: Ukrinform News
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