Ukraine deputy defense minister resigns

• 01.24.2023, 13:40
•  World

Москва 24

He said his decision was motivated by the desire to remove threats to the stable provision of the army, which has said had arisen due to a “campaign of allegations” against him.

The ministry press service said Shapovalov’s resignation would preserve the trust of Ukrainian society and the country’s international partners, and“ensure objectivity during additional clarifications and possible investigations.”

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov supported Shapovalov’s resignation and submitted the relevant motion to the Cabinet of Ministers.

On Jan. 21, the founder of the Nashi Hroshi (Our Money) investigation project, Yuriy Nikolov, said in an article published on ZN.ua that the Defense Ministry purchases food products for military personnel at prices two to three times more expensive compared to the prices in Kyiv stores.

In particular, he compared certain items with the prices in the capital’s Silpo supermarket. The journalist refers to documents received from a “source in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”

The department stated the data given in the publication “are being disseminated with signs of deliberate manipulation, and are misleading.”

Minister Reznikov called the scandal an attempt to undermine trust in the department’s leadership.