Court Suspends Logistics Forces Department Head Over Corruption

The higher anti-corruption court temporarily suspended the head of the repair department of the Central Directorate of Aviation and Air Defense Armament of the Logistics Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kostyantyn But from his post.

The defense has already filed an appeal against this decision.

To schedule the review of the appeal of the suspect's defense attorney (Buta - ed.) against the decision of the Investigating Judge of the HACC dated November 27, 2024 on the dismissal of the suspect in criminal proceedings at an open court session in the premises of the HACC Appeals Chamber at 09:00 on December 10, 2024

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

Subsequently, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a preventive measure in the form of a bail amounting to UAH 2 million against Kostyantyn Buta, the head of the repair department of the Central Aviation and Air Defense Support Department of the Armaments Command of the Logistics Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.