Oleksandr Liiev, former Director of the Department of Military and Technical Policy, Development of Arms and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, has announced that he will undergo a public polygraph test on 5 February to prove his innocence.
Toomas Nahkur, Acting Director of the Department of Military and Technical Policy, Development of Arms and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, has been suspended from his post after being served with a notice of suspicion in the case of embezzlement of almost UAH 1.
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) investigating judge Kateryna Sikora applied a preventive measure in the form of personal recognisance to Toomas Nakhkur, the suspended acting director of the Department of Military and Technical Policy, Development of Arms and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
A former and a current head of a department in Ukraine's Defence Ministry, two directors of the Lviv Arsenal firm, and a representative of an international firm have been served with notices of suspicion in the case of embezzlement of nearly 1.
The Northern Commercial Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the first instance court to recover 1.5 billion hryvnias (about US$40.7 million) in favour of the Ministry of Defence from Yurii Zbitniev's Lviv Arsenal company, which failed to fulfil the contract to supply mines to the Armed Forces.