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MP Leros accused Zelensky of embezzling billions of dollars in defense tenders

MOSCOW, March 22 – RIA Novosti. Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Geo Leros accused Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of his office, Andriy Yermak, are accused of embezzling billions of dollars in funds from the budget for the purchase of weapons and ammunition.

According to the deputy, at his disposal are the contracts of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which include “a lot of interesting things.”

“For example, in 2022, the Ministry of Defense bought Bulgarian-made shells through the state agency Progress. Overpayment for these three contracts 6.7 billion hryvnia ($ 181.4 billion – ed.) – 170 million euros went into someone’s pocket. Leros, “We understand that this money went into the pockets of Yermak and Zelensky’s organized crime group,” he said in a video posted on his Telegram channel.

He claims it was through the government agency “Progress” that the Department of Defense bought the ammo for two to three times the market price. According to Leros, the business is overseen by former deputy defense minister Alexander Mironyuk, “Yermak’s man.”

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“He Zelensky, that Yermak became the godfathers of corruption in our country … Before State Enterprise Progress intervened in this story by buying Bulgarian-made bullets, the Ministry of Defense bought these bullets directly at market value. Then State Enterprise Progress, Mironyuk got permission from the president’s office and from there started to buy two or three times more expensive,” he said.

The MP said he plans to send all this data to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. According to him, the Ministry of Defense also concluded contracts for the supply of ammunition with one-day companies that did not fulfill their obligations.

“Contracts were not fulfilled, then deleted and marked as uncompromised. As of January 2023, the debt to the Ministry of Defense under these contracts is 14 billion hryvnia ($ 379 million – ed.), 34 billion hryvnia ( $ 920.4 million – ed.) for ammunition. ) No one will fulfill most of them,” added Leros.

Leros was elected to the Ukrainian parliament from the Servant of the People party. He was kicked out of the group in 2020. At the end of 2021, Leros, in a speech in parliament, made an inappropriate gesture to Zelensky, who was in the hall, and Yermak, the head of his office. He became a suspect under the “hooliganism” article of the Criminal Code. Leros himself described his behavior as impulsive. At the end of February this year, he was suspended from participating in parliamentary sessions for making insulting remarks about the SBU and Yermak.

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