Contrary to popular belief, buying more of something doesn’t always make it cheaper. I’m not saying that’s the case here but I would wait for more info before jumping to conclusions. Factories don’t want to stop selling to their regular market for 1-2 years just to supply you because when the war is over they might have lost their customer base so normally they hire extra shifts or run 24×7 to make the extra orders. That costs money. Sometimes their materials can’t be bought at the regular price due to demand so they have to source more expensive materials to fill the gap. Not everything is corruption (but we should still investigate to make sure!)
Slava Ukraini!
TLDR:
**The government overpaid 6.5 million USD for winter jackets that arent suitable for Ukrainian winters and they were bought from a company owned by a ruling politicians family member.**
Excerpts:
* The Ministry of Defence bought winter jackets for $86 a piece whilst they were valued at $29, overpaying roughly 6.5 million USD
* The Ministry of Defence found the company of the nephew of a Servant of the People MP (from the Defence Committee of the Verkhovna Rada (Kyivs’ house of representatives)) and bought jackets from him at twice the price.
* The money lost to overpaying could have been used to but 2.000 Mavic drones, instead its now in the pocket of a politicians family member
* The “winter jackets” weighed only 1.5kg, likely because they are not actual winter jackets.
* 50.000 jackets remain in warehouses and were not issued to soldiers or other servicemen
* The Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, [found that ](https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/110642202)
>‘the winter windproof jackets and winter windproof trousers delivered under contract No. VV2022-M1908 cannot be used for their intended purpose’.”
So what can Ukraine do about this?
1: Fire the people in charge of the procurement process at the Department of Defense just like they did with the mobiliation fraud case.
2: Launch an investigation into the company and its political ties and sue whoever they can for corruption
3: Have the minister of defence resign, A: as a sign of accountability and B: to replace him with someone who takes corruption seriously.
That’s treason.
Man, of all times to be doing this, why during the point where they are stomping harder?
Ukrainska Pravda – Ministry of Defence reveals details of scandalous purchase of jackets for Ukrainian Armed Forces
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It says in the article that out of the $30 million order, at least nine million jackets weighed less than 1.5 kilos. No offense, but they can’t get their basic numbers right, so I don’t know if I trust this.
Welcome to transparency in Government purchasing, Ukraine. It won’t be an easy transition but it will be for the best in the end. The right time to prove you’re getting the best price is before you commit to purchase, which means you need a tendering market, which will take a while to mature and get the corruption kinks out.
Don’t give up.
TLDR; the Ukrainian government procurement process is like every other country.
Profiteering is a crime and no nation is immune from it. How governments deal with it is another. Personally during a war people convicted should be put on the front lines equipped with what they sold. And stripped of any government pensions.
Fraud Waste and Abuse commercials still ingrained in my brain 15 years later from the AFN network lol.
The crooked politician needs to recover the money, pay it back and then be charged with corruption. Failure to do so will result in swift prosecution for treason with the resultant sanction being applied. Examples need to be set.
I wish you victory in your fight against these aggressive ruskie bastards.
why would anyone buy mediterranean “winter gear”
If it’s the same “people“ in people’s party than in austrias people party, then they are making laws for the upper 2% of the peoples and give contracts to family and party members. any case of emergency is a good opportunity to steal money.
unfortunately this is common in all countries.
on the other hand: I don’t know when they compared the prices, but it’s summer. there is a significant lower demand on wintercloth and prices decrease. Wintertime and the urgent need to equip a high amount of troops in a short time increases the demand and therefore much higher prices.
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that the clothes didn’t match the requirements is another story. Austria ordered millions of Covid masks that were to small and had a domestic production that relabeled Chinese masks and sold them for significant higher prices, labeled with a quality seal „made in Austria“
Such cases should be treated as act of treason, with maximum severity of punishment (jail time, taking all the money/assets, and further investigations of up and down-stream decision makers
Part of being an uncorrupt society is being okay with unearthing corruption. Go figure. It’s good to expose stuff like this, it’s a win.
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Contrary to popular belief, buying more of something doesn’t always make it cheaper. I’m not saying that’s the case here but I would wait for more info before jumping to conclusions. Factories don’t want to stop selling to their regular market for 1-2 years just to supply you because when the war is over they might have lost their customer base so normally they hire extra shifts or run 24×7 to make the extra orders. That costs money. Sometimes their materials can’t be bought at the regular price due to demand so they have to source more expensive materials to fill the gap. Not everything is corruption (but we should still investigate to make sure!)
Slava Ukraini!
TLDR:
**The government overpaid 6.5 million USD for winter jackets that arent suitable for Ukrainian winters and they were bought from a company owned by a ruling politicians family member.**
Excerpts:
* The Ministry of Defence bought winter jackets for $86 a piece whilst they were valued at $29, overpaying roughly 6.5 million USD
* The Ministry of Defence found the company of the nephew of a Servant of the People MP (from the Defence Committee of the Verkhovna Rada (Kyivs’ house of representatives)) and bought jackets from him at twice the price.
* The money lost to overpaying could have been used to but 2.000 Mavic drones, instead its now in the pocket of a politicians family member
* The “winter jackets” weighed only 1.5kg, likely because they are not actual winter jackets.
* 50.000 jackets remain in warehouses and were not issued to soldiers or other servicemen
* The Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, [found that ](https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/110642202)
>‘the winter windproof jackets and winter windproof trousers delivered under contract No. VV2022-M1908 cannot be used for their intended purpose’.”
So what can Ukraine do about this?
1: Fire the people in charge of the procurement process at the Department of Defense just like they did with the mobiliation fraud case.
2: Launch an investigation into the company and its political ties and sue whoever they can for corruption
3: Have the minister of defence resign, A: as a sign of accountability and B: to replace him with someone who takes corruption seriously.
That’s treason.
Man, of all times to be doing this, why during the point where they are stomping harder?
More background here: [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/23/7416736/](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/23/7416736/)
Ukrainska Pravda – Ministry of Defence reveals details of scandalous purchase of jackets for Ukrainian Armed Forces
#
It says in the article that out of the $30 million order, at least nine million jackets weighed less than 1.5 kilos. No offense, but they can’t get their basic numbers right, so I don’t know if I trust this.
Welcome to transparency in Government purchasing, Ukraine. It won’t be an easy transition but it will be for the best in the end. The right time to prove you’re getting the best price is before you commit to purchase, which means you need a tendering market, which will take a while to mature and get the corruption kinks out.
Don’t give up.
TLDR; the Ukrainian government procurement process is like every other country.
Profiteering is a crime and no nation is immune from it. How governments deal with it is another. Personally during a war people convicted should be put on the front lines equipped with what they sold. And stripped of any government pensions.
Fraud Waste and Abuse commercials still ingrained in my brain 15 years later from the AFN network lol.
The crooked politician needs to recover the money, pay it back and then be charged with corruption. Failure to do so will result in swift prosecution for treason with the resultant sanction being applied. Examples need to be set.
I wish you victory in your fight against these aggressive ruskie bastards.
why would anyone buy mediterranean “winter gear”
If it’s the same “people“ in people’s party than in austrias people party, then they are making laws for the upper 2% of the peoples and give contracts to family and party members. any case of emergency is a good opportunity to steal money.
unfortunately this is common in all countries.
on the other hand: I don’t know when they compared the prices, but it’s summer. there is a significant lower demand on wintercloth and prices decrease. Wintertime and the urgent need to equip a high amount of troops in a short time increases the demand and therefore much higher prices.
​
that the clothes didn’t match the requirements is another story. Austria ordered millions of Covid masks that were to small and had a domestic production that relabeled Chinese masks and sold them for significant higher prices, labeled with a quality seal „made in Austria“
Such cases should be treated as act of treason, with maximum severity of punishment (jail time, taking all the money/assets, and further investigations of up and down-stream decision makers
Part of being an uncorrupt society is being okay with unearthing corruption. Go figure. It’s good to expose stuff like this, it’s a win.