The supervisory board of Ukraine’s Protection Procurement Company suggested the Protection Minister to increase its director’s work in a press release posted on Fb on Jan. 20.

“The Supervisory Board submitted to Protection Minister Rustem Umerov a suggestion to increase the contract of the present director of the Protection Procurement Company, Maryna Bezrukova, for one 12 months,” the assertion learn.

Separate boards had been arrange for Ukraine’s deadly and non-lethal procurement businesses, complying with NATO requirements, within the fall of 2024.

Protection Minister Rustem Umerov deliberate to merge the Protection Procurement Company (DPA) and the State Logistics Operator (DOT) into one company however modified his thoughts after a NATO assertion mentioned that the 2 businesses needs to be stored separate and two separate supervisory boards needs to be established.

Bezrukova, a former worker of Ukraine’s power firm Ukrenergo, was appointed to go the DPA.

“This determination relies on an evaluation of her efficiency and the necessity to guarantee stability and effectivity in procurement administration in wartime,” the supervisory board assertion learn.

In a separate transfer, the supervisory board additionally introduced initiating an impartial audit by the Worldwide Board of Auditors of NATO (IBAN), the outcomes of which can kind a “middle of excellence for Ukraine's navy procurement,” the assertion learn.