The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU<\/strong>) prepares to conduct a new series of raids and inspections at the Ministry of Defence<\/strong>, - reports Politico<\/strong> with reference to Ukrainian and Western officials.<\/p>\n According to the publication, Investigation reveals frequent cases of price gouging in public procurement<\/strong> for the army, including food, uniforms and fuel.<\/p>\n \u00abVery often, prices are several times higher than market prices. This is not only a matter of finances, but also of Ukraine's reputation among its partners,\u00bb a Politico source said.<\/p>\n Raids prepared by the NABU together with the SAPO, become part of a broader anti-corruption campaign<\/strong>, The country's ongoing reform process, which follows a series of scandals in state-owned companies and the energy sector.<\/p>\n According to journalists, The investigation into the Ministry of Defence has been ongoing since the summer<\/strong>, and now the investigators are moving to the active phase. It is expected that inspections will affect procurement departments, financial departments and contractors<\/strong>, which supplied goods to the front.<\/p>\n \u00abInternational partners demand maximum transparency in the use of funds received by Ukraine as part of military assistance,\u00bb the report says.<\/p>\n The US and EU have repeatedly emphasised that anti-corruption reform is a key condition for further support to Kyiv<\/strong>. \u00abIf Ukraine demonstrates a willingness to punish even the highest officials, it will only strengthen its credibility,\u00bb one European expert told Politico.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u041d\u0410\u0411\u0423 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u0443\u0454 \u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0456 \u0440\u0435\u0439\u0434\u0438 \u0432 \u041c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0456 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u2013 Politico \u041d\u0430\u0446\u0456\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0435 \u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0435 \u0431\u044e\u0440\u043e \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 (\u041d\u0410\u0411\u0423) \u0433\u043e\u0442\u0443\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u0443 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0456\u044e \u0440\u0435\u0439\u0434\u0456\u0432 \u0456 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0456\u0440\u043e\u043a \u0443 \u041c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0456 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438, \u2014 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0454 Politico \u0437 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0456 \u0437\u0430\u0445\u0456\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0447\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432. \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f, \u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0444\u0456\u043a\u0441\u0443\u0454 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u0432\u0438\u043f\u0430\u0434\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0446\u0456\u043d \u043f\u0456\u0434 \u0447\u0430\u0441 \u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0456\u0432\u0435\u043b\u044c \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0430\u0440\u043c\u0456\u0457, \u0437\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0445\u0430\u0440\u0447\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f, \u043e\u0431\u043c\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0438\u0440\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0442\u0430 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":4866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u041d\u0410\u0411\u0423","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805618],"tags":[806753],"class_list":{"0":"post-4865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economics","8":"tag-806753"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4867,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865\/revisions\/4867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nContext and implications<\/h3>\n
\nInternational reaction<\/h3>\n
At the same time, Western diplomats note that Public investigations against top officials are a sign of the independence of Ukrainian anti-corruption bodies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n