The media reported on a large state order at the Gladkovsky plant.

In October, the state-owned company commissioned six armored vehicles worth 45 million from a defendant in a scandal in the defense industry. Ukroboronprom explains that they have only fulfilled their old contractual obligations.

The state company Ukroboronservis, part of the state company Ukroboronprom, ordered six armored vehicles from the company of former first undersecretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleg Gladkovsky for an amount of UAH 45 million, Nashi Groshi reported on Monday, October 12, citing ProZorro data. Ukroboronprom says it is an old business.

It should be noted that the transport must be delivered before November 20. At that time, Ukroboronservice must pay Bogdan Motors Automobile Company PJSC’s subsidiary car assembly plant No. 2 70% of the advance, that is, more than 31 million UAH. The rest of the funds will be paid after delivery of the transport.

According to the documents, the state enterprise will receive six Bars-8 armored vehicles, which are produced by the Bogdan corporation together with the Oleg Vysotsky Praktika CJSC Scientific and Production Association. The car is mounted on a Dodge Ram truck bed.

Ukroboronprom reacted to the information in the media and stated that the agreement was signed in January 2019, that is, by the previous management of Ukroboronservis. They said the purchase itself was made outside of the Prozorro system, and the signed contract contained only the approximate cost of the cars.

“In 2020, Ukroboronservice revived and fulfilled the specified contract. Under the terms of the contract, after delivery of the goods, the parties agree on the final cost of the product, based on the calculation materials and actual cost calculation. As a result After the execution of the specified contract, the cost of the machines turned out to be lower than expected. 30 In September of this year, the parties entered into an additional agreement, fixing the actual cost of an armored vehicle. Thus, the parties carried out activities in the framework of the previously concluded agreement, “said Ukroboronprom.

Thus, the Ukroboronprom ensures that the new team “did not buy armored personnel carriers”, but only “complied with contractual obligations.”

As a reminder, the Bihus.Info team of journalists presented a series of investigations into corruption in the defense sector, alleging that Ukroboronprom companies purchased contraband parts from Russia by a group of traders. At the same time, the prices of the parts were inflated several times.

Participants in the embezzlement scheme in the defense complex are the undersecretary of the Security and National Defense Council Oleg Gladkovsky, his son Igor with a friend and the director of Ukroboronprom Pavel Bukin. The above scheme also allegedly involves the heads of defense structures at various levels.

Later, the Attorney General said that in four years the state had lost more than 350 million UAH for crimes in the Ukoroboronprom.

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