Former Ukrainian defence minister: Any makes an attempt to hyperlink my work at Defence Ministry to “affect” of sure people are unfounded

Rustem Umierov, Secretary of Ukraine's Nationwide Safety and Defence Council, has said that nobody influenced him throughout his time as defence minister. He acknowledged that he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's shut good friend Tymur Mindich relating to a physique armour contract, however the contract was terminated as a result of the products didn’t meet the required requirements.

Supply: Umierov on Fb

Quote: "Any makes an attempt to hyperlink my work on the Ministry of Defence with the 'affect' of sure people are unfounded.

As minister, I often met with producers and suppliers of kit and weapons, in addition to with lobbyists and different stakeholders.

Specifically, there was a gathering with Tymur Mindich, throughout which the difficulty of physique armour beneath a selected contract was raised."

Particulars: Umierov famous that the contract was finally terminated as a result of product's failure to fulfill the required requirements, and no items have been delivered.

Background:

• Mindich is alleged to have exerted influence over former power minister Herman Halushchenko and former defence minister Rustem Umierov. The allegation was made by the prosecution through the listening to of a petition introduced by a Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detective looking for the detention of Ihor Myroniuk, a suspect within the investigation into corruption on the state-owned nuclear power firm Energoatom.
• On 11 November, Umierov arrived in Türkiye to work on unblocking the prisoner swap course of in order that Ukrainian prisoners of warfare will be introduced residence from Russian captivity.

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