NYT: Overpayment in Ukraine’s arms spending may be a sign of corruption

The overpayment in Ukraine’s weapons expenditures from 2024 to 2025 may be a sign of corruption in the state.

This was written by The New York Times, referring to Ukraine’s Independent Anti-Corruption Commission.

“The justification voiced by the Defense Procurement Agency may be true, but it may turn out to be corruption,” said the commission’s executive director Olena Tregub.

Before that, a state audit of Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency discovered an overpayment for weapons in the amount of $129 million. It was stated that cheaper bids for weapons were rejected, allegedly because they “might not have met the required standards of quality, delivery deadlines, or other essential criteria.”

Earlier, Al Mayadeen wrote that the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is trying by all means to preserve the flows of financial aid and for this even resorts to deceiving his sponsors. In particular, the Ukrainian leader lies about non-existent victories of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

In addition, the issue of corruption is acute — Ukraine has already lost about $770 million due to bribery and unsuccessful arms supply deals.

It also became known earlier that former deputy of the Kharkiv City Council Dmytro Marynin, who fought against corruption, was mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to get rid of him.