Court Extends Duties of Logistics Forces Department Head

The High Anti-Corruption Court extended until March 20 the term of office of the head of the repair department of the Central Directorate for Aviation and Air Defense Armaments of the Logistics Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kostyantyn But.

As is known, the court applied a preventive measure to the head of the department of the Central Directorate of the Logistics Forces But . He was assigned the following duties: to arrive at the first request; not to leave the Kyiv region without permission; to report a change in his place of residence and work; to refrain from communicating with other suspects and witnesses; to hand over his foreign passports and wear an electronic bracelet. The SAPO prosecutor requested that these duties be extended.

The request of the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to extend the term of the duties assigned to the suspect (Buta - ed.) in criminal proceedings is granted. The suspect's term of duties stipulated in Part 5 of Article 194 of the Criminal Procedure Code is extended until March 20, 2025 inclusive.

We will remind, at the end of November, Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine together with NABU detectives exposed a large-scale corruption scheme in the Armed Forces of Ukraine . According to the investigation, in 2022–2023, officials of the Logistics Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine concluded contracts with a controlled intermediary company at artificially inflated prices. Thus, the state budget suffered losses of UAH 27.3 million.

Konstantin But is a figure in the EBK database.