"Ukraine Exposes Massive Corruption in Weapons Procurement"
Ukraine's SBU security service has uncovered a corruption scheme in the country's military procurement of arms, amounting to about $40 million, involving the theft of nearly 1.5 billion hryvnias in the purchase of shells. The investigation revealed the involvement of former and current high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defence and heads of arms supplier Lviv Arsenal. This revelation comes at a critical time as Ukraine battles Russia's invasion and seeks to address endemic corruption while pursuing EU membership.