Rada committee asks government to help probe illegal military property sales
The parliamentary committee for national security and defense has asked Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers to help in investigating the case on the illegal sale of military property of Armed Forces of Ukraine at lower prices from 1991 to 2014.
An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that the decision was made at a committee meeting on Wednesday.
Deputy Prosecutor General and Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios who attended the meeting said that a large-scale and comprehensive examination of many secret documents is required.
"In 2012-2013 alone 57 T-64 tanks and 52 BTR-70 APCs were sold via Ukroboronservice as extra assets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under fee contracts. According to the State Financial Inspectorate, no loss was caused to the state. No prosecutor without damage caused to property can present charges to officials who made this decision," he said.
He said that investigators would assess actions of all ministers who took part or signed and initiated these actions at cabinet meetings starting from the sale of air defense system ZRK-300 in 2007-2010 after the completion of the examination by the ad hoc commission.
"Then the prosecutors would have grounds to file charges to court," Matios said.