The National Anti -Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti -Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) reported suspicion exposed to the participants of an organized crime group involved in the corruption scheme when purchasing UAV and HR.
As The NABU press service reports On Monday, among the suspects: former head of the Lugansk Regional State Administration – Part 5 of Art. 191, Part 3 of Art. 28, Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; People’s Deputy of Ukraine – Part 5 of Art. 191, Part 3 of Art. 28, Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; Head of the City Military Administration – Part 3 of Art. 28, Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; Commander of the Military Unit of the National Guard of Ukraine – Part 3 of Art. 28, Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; The actual beneficial owner of the enterprise – UAV manufacturer – Part 5 of Art. 191, Part 2 of Art. 28, Part 1 of Art. 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; Director of UAV manufacturer-Part 5 of Art. 191, Part 2 of Art. 28, Part 1 of Art. 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The beneficiary and director of the UAV manufacturer is also additionally accused of obstruction of the legitimate activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“According to the investigation, they issued persons for cash and provided them with booking, in fact, blocking the possibility of their mobilization to the Armed Forces,” the message reads.
In accordance with the consent of the Prosecutor General, a request was sent to the court for the election of a suspect of a pre -trial detention facility in the form of detention with an alternative to making a bail in the amount of UAH 30 million. Also, requests were sent to the court for the election of precautions to other persons involved in the case.
According to the investigation, during 2024–2025 the participants of the organized group established a scheme of systemic seizure of budget funds, allocated by local self -government bodies for the needs of defense forces, as well as obtaining and providing undue benefits in particularly large size.
According to NABU and SAP, one of the schemes was implemented during the conclusion of a state contract for the supply of radio electronic fight systems. For the conclusion of the contract for the purchase of products at a deliberately inflated price, the participants of the organized group received the undue benefit in the amount of 30% of the contract amount.
The scheme of seizure of cash when purchasing FPV-roms is also exposed. The military unit concluded a state contract worth almost UAH 10 million with an enterprise that delivered products at about $ 80,000. After the contract, the officials of the enterprise handed over to the participants of the criminal group their “rollback”.
The names of the persons were not called. According to the media, it is a People’s Deputy from the “servants of the people” by Alexei Kuznetsov. This was actually acknowledged by the head of the “Servant of the People” faction David Arahamia, reporting that Kuznetsov’s membership in the faction At the time of the investigation will be suspended.
According to the media, the scheme with the participation of Kuznetsov is involved ex-head of the Lugansk ova Sergey Gaidai (former chairman of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, and now the head of the Mukachevo Regional State Administration).
National Guard Commander Oleksandr Pivnenko has already removed the persons from positions, and an investigation has been started.
