US EditionCorruption exposed in aircraft shelter project, Air Force logistics commander, SBU official detained
- The Air Force Logistics Commander and the head of a regional SBU directorate were detained for embezzling funds allocated for constructing aircraft shelters, with $320,000 seized during an illegal money transfer attempt.
- Over $32 million was allocated in May 2025 for building prefabricated shelters to protect aviation, but inspections revealed violations such as unsafe designs, inadequate protection, and inflated costs.
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Two high-ranking military officials have been arrested after a corruption scandal was uncovered within the Ukrainian Air Force. The suspects were caught red-handed embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Ukrainian Security Service detains Air Force logistics chief and Zhytomyr SBU head over fortifications bribery scheme
The Security Service of Ukraine’s (SBU) internal security unit have detained the Air Force’s logistics commander and the head of the SBU office in Zhytomyr region. “The investigation found the suspects set up a scheme to misappropriate state funds during the construction of fortifications. Case files indicate the work involved additional protection at strategically important sites, including operational airfields used by the Defense Forces,” the…
The head of the Department of Logistics of the Ukrainian Air Force, Andrii Ukraine, and the head of the Regional Director of the Security Service (SBU) of Jitomir, Volodimir Kompanichenko, were held under the charge of deliberation of funds allocated to...
Corruption exposed in aircraft shelter project, Air Force logistics commander, SBU official detained
The suspects in the embezzlement scheme were caught "red-handed" while trying to illegally transfer the money, and $320,000 was seized from them, according to Kravchenko.
The head of the Air Force Logistics Command and the head of the regional branch of the SBU secret service have been detained in Ukraine on suspicion of corruption in the construction of aircraft shelters, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said, according to the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper.
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