Defense Ministry recoups $24 million from unreliable suppliers
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, under the new leadership of Rustem Umerov, has won five international arbitration cases against foreign contractors, clawing back UAH 900 million ($24.3 million), the ministry announced on Dec. 14.
The ministry announced a court ruling that resulted in awards of $6.9 million and €16.47 million to Ukraine’s state fund. The disputes arose from failures to deliver supplies, schedule breaches, and substandard goods.
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Additionally, the ministry has initiated two claims in Swiss arbitration courts for a total of $33 million.
Previous reports on Dec. 13 revealed that spoiled military rations, procured in 2022, were discovered in storage and pulled from distribution.
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Umerov was appointed to head the Defense Ministry on Sept. 6, succeeding Oleksii Reznikov.
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