Ex-Head of AFU Signal Troops Granted Bail in "Dzvin" Case

The High Anti-Corruption Court applied a preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 2 million with the assignment of duties to the former chief of the Armed Forces' communications troops, Volodymyr Rapko, in the case of abuses during the development of the automated "Dzvin" system.

This was reported by the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, but did not mention the name of the suspect.

According to media reports, this is specifically about Rapko, whose home was previously searched in this case.

On March 4, 2025, the investigating judge of the Supreme Administrative Court supported the position of the SAPO prosecutor and applied a preventive measure to the former chief of the Armed Forces Signal Corps, suspected of embezzling budget funds during the creation of the automated system of the Armed Forces Operational Command Center "Dzvin". The court partially satisfied the motion of the NABU detectives, agreed with the SAPO prosecutor, and applied a preventive measure to the major general in the form of a bail of UAH 2 million

The suspect was also given the following obligations: to arrive at the first call; not to leave the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region without permission; to report any change in his place of residence and work; to refrain from communicating with other suspects in the case and witnesses regarding the circumstances set forth in the report of suspicion; to hand over his foreign passports and wear an electronic bracelet.

Volodymyr Rapko is a figure in the EBK database.

We remind you that NABU and SAPO reported suspicions to former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Radion Tymoshenko , former Chief of the Signal Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Volodymyr Rapko, and others.

According to the investigation, in 2016, the Ministry of Defense signed a contract to develop the system with a company that had no experience in creating either troop control systems or specialized software.

Over 4 years of research and development work, the technical specifications for the system were illegally changed 13 times, which increased the cost of the work by 300 million UAH, and reduced the functionality of the system by dozens of times. Over 115 million UAH was spent on unjustified documentation adjustments alone.