Procurements for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Lviv businessmen and ex-official of the Ministry of Defense served with new suspicions Photos, videos 12.06.2026 11:04 Ukrinform The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has announced a new suspicion to a former deputy head of the Main Directorate of Material Resources of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, who is suspected of corruption within a large-scale scheme for supplying personal protective equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As Ukrinform reports, the SBI announced this.
According to the investigation, he used his influence to assist Lviv entrepreneurs in concluding contracts with the Ministry of Defense and received undue benefits for it.
"Specifically, in March-April 2022, the businessmen transferred UAH 150,000 to the accounts of individuals associated with the official. Additionally, at the end of the same year, one of the entrepreneurs paid for his recreation at an elite sanatorium in Truskavets, costing almost UAH 290,000," the SBI stated.
The official’s actions are qualified under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – receiving undue benefits for influencing decision-making by persons authorized to perform state functions. Suspicion has also been announced to the entrepreneurs who provided undue benefits.
The SBI noted that the exposed facts are part of a large-scale investigation into the embezzlement of funds from the Ministry of Defense during the procurement of property for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The SBI recalled that it has already completed the pre-trial investigation into a Lviv businessman and members of a criminal organization created by him, who organized the supply of substandard military clothing for the army.
Companies under their control entered into contracts with the Ministry of Defense worth over UAH 1.8 billion. At the same time, expert examinations confirmed that the supplied products did not meet technical requirements and were unfit for their intended use. The amount of damage caused to the state exceeded UAH 1 billion 167 million.
The indictment against the organizer of the scheme and his accomplices is already under court review.
Procedural guidance is carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
As reported, at the end of 2023, the SBI initiated criminal proceedings regarding fraudulent schemes in the procurement of clothing and underwear for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Companies owned by a Lviv businessman won 23 tenders to supply the Ministry of Defense with clothing worth over UAH 1.5 billion.
On December 29, 2023, SBI employees detained a Lviv businessman who offered $500,000 to one of the heads of the SBI’s Main Investigation Department. The bribe was offered to facilitate the return of property seized from companies controlled by him during the investigation of a criminal proceeding.
On January 17, 2024, SBI employees announced suspicion to Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych and members of a criminal organization who caused damages to the state budget amounting to a billion hryvnias. They were exposed for schemes involving the procurement of clothing and underwear for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Suspicion was also announced to Ihor Hrynkevych’s son, Roman. He was put on the wanted list and later detained in Odesa.
On October 21, 2024, the case of Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych, his son, and company directors regarding the supply of substandard clothing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine worth over UAH 1 billion was sent to court.
The Ministry of Defense terminated all contracts concluded with the Lviv businessman Hrynkevych.
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