The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has conducted raids at a number of enterprises in the capital city of Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions as part of criminal proceedings related to the Defense Ministry’s purchases of military hardware, equipment, and services of inadequate quality at inflated prices.
UNIAN: SBI raids enterprises suspected of poor-quality hardware supplies to army
Ukrainian forces take part in tank drills in Donbas Oblast on April 18, 2021. On the frontline in Ukraine's east, battle-weary soldiers are skeptical that US sanctions against Moscow and Kyiv's appeal for NATO help will deter Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. Faced with the largest deployment of Russian troops on Ukraine's borders since 2014, President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested more tangible help from the West, but many Ukrainian troops say they know they are on their own. (AFP)
