Eggs, ammo and underwear: Inside Ukraine’s new push against military graft

KYIV, Ukraine—Masked Ukrainian security officers have raided properties, seized wads of cash and detained suspects in a recent crackdown on graft in the purchase of goods for the military ranging from eggs to artillery shells. “We need to change the system," said Bezrukova, who became head of Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency earlier this year. Despite the challenges, Zhumadilov, who previously reformed medical procurement for Ukraine’s Health Ministry, last month said the agency had already saved approximately 3 billion hryvnia, the equivalent of about $77 million. “There is more political will but probably there is a problem with capacity," said Olena Tregub, who sits on the Defense Ministry’s 15-member anticorruption council, a publicly elected civilian body formed in response to the growing outcry over procurement fraud last year. Write to Isabel Coles at [email protected] View Full Image Eggs, Ammo and Underwear: Inside Ukraine’s New Push Against Military Graft View Full Image Eggs, Ammo and Underwear: Inside Ukraine’s New Push Against Military Graft View Full Image Eggs, Ammo and Underwear: Inside Ukraine’s New Push Against Military Graft View Full Image Eggs, Ammo and Underwear: Inside Ukraine’s New Push Against Military Graft