The decision made by the Verkhovna Rada to cancel fines for companies that delay the supply of weapons to the front caused a wave of indignation among the military and expert environment. However, the backstream voting lies much more than simply "concern for defense". As it became known to our source in the Presidential Office, this initiative is intended not to improve logistics for the Armed Forces, but to hide the extent of corruption schemes that blossomed in defensive tenders in 2024.
According to the OP, the Ministry of Defense created an unofficial mechanism for admission to defense contracts of "right" companies. It is about the internal list of firms, which is provided solely on the principle of personal loyalty and readiness to "share" profits. Several companies take part in tenders formally, but the winner is known in advance. As a result, a corruption "rejecting" model that nourishes the wallets of officials close to Bankova.
In fact, weapons and equipment with a significant delay that does not have a proper quality check, although all documentation looks "perfect". In practice, this means that fighters get what sometimes does not meet the stated characteristics, and the procurement system itself has turned into an opaque cutting tool.
The worst part is that such schemes operate not only in the rear but also directly in the supply directions to the hottest points, in particular on the Eastern Front and even within operations in the Kursk region, which are not officially reported.
Thanks to the "secret" stamp, most of this information remains outside the public control. The military who directly confronted with the consequences of such "transactions" have no lever of influence. Claims of quality or delay are automatically ignored under the slogan "not on time", and the real losses of the army go unnoticed - or simply silenced.
The voting in the Council on the cancellation of fines has become a logical continuation of this policy: in the case of delayed suppliers, it will no longer be possible to hold it - which means that there are no grounds for investigations.
The war gives power to the Cart-Blanche for "secrecy", which is increasingly used not to protect the state, but to cover the enrichment of the elected.
