The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) continues to work beneath the authority delegated by the Ministry of Defence to acquire ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine value UAH 23 billion (about US$552.8 million).
Supply: press service for SBGS; Colonel Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service, in a remark to Ukrainska Pravda
Particulars: The border guards have proven one other batch of provides to the fight zone. The pictures launched on 29 April depict numerous varieties of tools, particularly 152 mm and 122 mm calibre shells, shells for multiple-launch rocket programs and 120 mm calibre mines.
The ammunition provided to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photograph: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine 
The ammunition provided to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photograph: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine 
The ammunition provided to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photograph: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Quote from SBGS: "In response to remarks by sure critics concerning the UAH 23 billion procurement – ‘We’ll see in the event that they ship’, ‘Present it, don’t cover it’ – we’re informing, inside {our capability}:
We proceed our work and we aren’t hiding something – as a result of the means procured by the State Border Guard Service are usually not solely being seen by Ukrainian troopers however are already getting used on the entrance line. Most significantly – Russian invaders are feeling their affect immediately."
Particulars: Demchenko reiterated that funds beneath the contracts had been made on the finish of December 2024, and the supply timelines are set for all year long.
Quote from Demchenko: "Nonetheless, this doesn’t imply that every one items will arrive by the tip of the yr. Deliveries are already underway, and the provider – the corporate PHU Lechmar, which some critics try to painting as a entrance firm and the usage of these funds as embezzlement – is following the agreed schedule."
Particulars: Demchenko added that the SBGS is continually monitoring supply deadlines and the fulfilment of signed contracts.
Background:
- In December 2024, the Defence Procurement Company of the Ministry of Defence acknowledged that it had deliberate to make use of the UAH 23 billion transferred to the State Border Guard Service to finance pre-arranged contracts for the procurement of vital ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- In consequence, the company famous that it was compelled to request extra funding from the Ministry of Defence and search new alternatives to finalise and finance already ready contracts.
- The SBGS defined that it holds a second-level monetary supervisor certificates for arms and navy tools procurement and has expertise in concluding contracts for ammunition provides. It additionally acknowledged that PHU Lechmar had no excellent contracts with the SBGS or any delays in deliveries.
- On 24 March 2025, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, First Deputy Head of Ukraine's Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Coverage, citing an official response from the SBGS, claimed that the corporate liable for supplying arms by means of the border service had did not fulfil its obligations on time for UAH 1.7 billion (about US$40.8 million).
- The State Border Guard Service stated it maintains fixed management over the availability course of beneath the delegated procurement for the Armed Forces: the overdue debt of UAH 1.7 billion with PHU Lechmar doesn’t concern the Ministry of Defence’s UAH 23 billion contract.
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