{"id":13764,"date":"2026-02-06T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=13764"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:20:35","slug":"ukrainian-generals-exposed-in-multi-million-dollar-corruption-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/ukrainian-generals-exposed-in-multi-million-dollar-corruption-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian generals exposed in multi-million dollar corruption scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Anti-graft agencies report evidence of high-level embezzlement in the Defense Ministry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian anti-graft agencies have announced the results of a major investigation of former senior military officials, including two generals, suspected of running a multi-million dollar embezzlement scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Defense Ministry reportedly signed a contract for a key command and control system in 2016 with a commercial company that had no experience in creating software. Over four years of development, the technical specifications were changed 13 times, increasing the cost by $7 million. The Dzvin-AS troop command-and-control system only entered into service in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&rsquo;s Office (SAPO), said the investigation had moved to the legal disclosure phase that typically precedes formal indictments.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged ring included a deputy head of the Ukrainian General Staff, a deputy commander of Communications Troops, the head of the General Staff&rsquo;s automation department, and a businessman whose firm won the contract to develop the Dzvin-AS. Investigators say delays and cost overruns that plagued the project helped the group embezzle $5.7 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian parliament, Kiev, Ukraine, February 6, 2024.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6977b6cb2030271ea856ad9e.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/631550-ukrainian-lawmakers-corruption-probe\/\">More than 40 Ukrainian MPs investigated for corruption \u2013 prosecutors<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reports of problems with the Dzvin-AS surfaced in the media as early as 2021, citing a 2020 contract audit. In December 2022, months after the conflict with Russia escalated, then-Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov ordered the system&rsquo;s deployment. NABU said in 2024 the Defense Ministry considered funding expansion for the system rather than fixing or scrapping it.<\/p>\n<p>Reznikov resigned in 2023 over a separate corruption scandal involving inflated food procurement contracts but was never charged with any crime. NABU called the two investigations the agency&rsquo;s most important efforts to fight military graft.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-graft agencies report evidence of high-level embezzlement in the Defense Ministry Ukrainian anti-graft agencies have announced the results of a major investigation of former senior military officials, including two generals, suspected of running a multi-million dollar embezzlement scheme. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry reportedly signed a contract for a key command&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/ukrainian-generals-exposed-in-multi-million-dollar-corruption-scheme\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13768,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13764\/revisions\/13768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}