BEB blocked the work of the physique armor producer “Ukrainian Armour” on suspicion of tax evasion. On the similar time, suppliers who could make physique armor can not totally cowl demand.
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“We thought that the state would thank us. As an alternative, we’ve got a “masks present”, baseless accusations, calls for, arrests, restrictions,” mentioned the business director of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Denis Milinevsky.
Forbes writes that it obtained suspicion on July 1, 2024 from the Bureau of Financial Safety (BES). He’s suspected of potential monetary fraud and tax evasion.
Greater than a yr in the past – in Might 2023 – BEB carried out investigations on the firm’s warehouses and manufacturing services. After this, legislation enforcement officers seized 5,000 items of weapons value greater than 40 million UAH, and the accounts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been seized. “That is already a paid product that the defenders of Ukraine are ready for,” says Milinevsky “If they don’t return to us, we are going to go bankrupt.”
Based on BEB, in April-June 2022, on the premise of solid paperwork, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been capable of acquire advantages for importing army items into Ukraine, which it then bought by means of a community of specialty shops, in line with investigators. Thus, items value greater than UAH 100 million have been imported, of which Armor of Ukraine didn’t pay UAH 30 million extra in taxes, the BEB was calculated within the fall of 2023.
Whereas the investigation is ongoing, from August 2023, the work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been blocked, the corporate can not take part in authorities procurement.
90% of the corporate’s property are in merchandise seized by BEB. As a result of impoundment of accounts, the Armed Forces of Ukraine can not buy supplies for additional manufacturing additionally making it troublesome to draw credit score funds
In complete, six Ukrainian producers can produce physique armor for the Protection Forces of Ukraine in accordance with the technical necessities of the Ministry of Protection, the DOT press service reported in response to a request from Forbes.
On the similar time, there’s a distinct scarcity of physique armor in the marketplace. Due to this fact, the bunker deliberate to purchase greater than 135,200 physique armor. A provider was discovered just for one lot out of ten – for the manufacturing of 15,000 physique armor for UAH 390 million. The remaining purchases weren’t made.
One of many major causes is the dearth of suppliers capable of take part in tenders. However in line with the CEO of the corporate, Yan Goncharov, the capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can cowl a 3rd of the supply introduced by the bunker – 45,000 physique armor and a couple of third of the annual wants of the Protection Forces of Ukraine for weapons.
“Armor of Ukraine” is just not the one sufferer of legislation enforcement. Now the bureau is making 4 different comparable instances concerning suppliers to the Protection Forces, the BEB press service defined to Forbes.
Reference. The Armed Forces of Ukraine produce physique armor, ballistic helmets, and tactical weapons. The corporate was based in 2014 by Dmitry Sviridyuk, co-founder of the general public group “Ukrainian Wave”. In 2019, it entered the US market with its personal UARM model. The corporate sells weapons by means of a web-based retailer with a catalog of 55 objects and in six of its personal shops in Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporozhye and Bila Tserkva.
For the reason that begin of the full-scale offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have supplied roughly 60,000 army plates and 30,000 helmets to models of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2024, it deliberate to promote weapons of its personal manufacturing to the state.
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2024-07-16 10:18:00
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