In June 2025, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine approved a new camouflage pattern, MM-25, as an addition to the current “pixel” MM-14. The new pattern was intended to complement the existing “olive”, “coyote” and MM-16F variants. However, MM-25 is already becoming a tool for corruption schemes and illegal earnings.
According to the investigation, the owners and management of LLC "S.T.G." imported counterfeit foreign fabric into Ukraine under the guise of MM-25. LLC "VO "KHARKIV" was also illegally involved, which began sewing batches of uniforms for the army from this counterfeit fabric without approval from the Ministry of Defense. As a result, "imitation" uniforms enter the market under the guise of a state standard.
The state enterprise "DOT" announced the purchase of tens of thousands of units of tangible property using a new design. However, the terms of the tenders are written in such a way that they actually limit competition: participants were refused even with confirmed conformity of the products, and delivery times were set deliberately unrealistic. This led to the fact that the tenders remained with one participant or were recognized as "unsuccessful."
Of particular interest is the contract between "DOT" and LLC "MIK" for over 86 million UAH. The sole participant won, and the contract creates a clear dependence of the supplier on the will of the customer: the army can reduce volumes, delay payment or refuse to accept goods without any consequences, while the supplier is threatened with multi-million-dollar fines.
We filed a complaint demanding a full audit of the contracts concluded by order of the State Enterprise "DOT" for possible overestimation of the cost of supplying tangible property and abuses by management, which created discriminatory conditions for tender participants and limited competition.
