The Ukraine cupboard on Monday dismissed all six deputy defence ministers and secretary of defence allegedly over corruption fees. The transfer comes inside weeks of the dismissal of former defence minister Oleksii Reznikov following studies of corruption within the procurement of navy tools.
In accordance with studies, deputy defence ministers Hanna Maliar, Volodymyr Havrylov, Rostyslav Zamlynskyi, Denys Sharapov, Andrii Shevchenko, and Vitalii Deineha have been dismissed on Monday. The cupboard additionally dismissed the state secretary for defence Kostiantyn Vashchenko.
The Kyiv Unbiased reported former minister Oleksii Reznikov’s tenure on the Protection Ministry was marred by a number of scandals associated to the procurement of kit and provides for Ukrainian forces.
Deputy defence ministers together with Hanna Maliar, Vitalii Deyneha and Denys Sharapov, in addition to the state secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Kostiantyn Vashchenko, have been fired, in line with the Telegram account of Taras Melnychuk, everlasting consultant of the Cupboard of Ministers.
Melnychuk offered no rationalization of the firings, however the authorities has been investigating accusations of corruption within the military-related to buying tools. Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker who took over as defence minister, didn’t instantly situation a press release.
Reznikov was eliminated earlier this month after a scandal involving the defence ministry’s procurement of navy jackets at thrice their value. Reznikov denied the allegations however resigned.
The reshuffling of the division got here a day after Ukraine’s navy mentioned it captured the village of Klishchiivka from Russian troops after months of fierce battles. Combating continued Monday as troops tried to carry the village south of the Russian-held metropolis of Bakhmut within the japanese Donetsk area. Its recapture adopted the retaking of the close by village of Andriivka.
“The enemy is making an attempt with all his may to regain misplaced positions,” Maliar mentioned in a briefing Monday earlier than she was fired. “Subsequently, our fighters maintain again the enemy’s assaults there and are entrenched on the achieved frontiers.”
Retaking Klishchiivka is taken into account tactically necessary, permitting Ukrainian forces to additional prolong their good points round Bakhmut.
