Former Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov shared information that he was forced to stop multi-million dollar international contracts that provided for the purchase of foreign weapons that are currently in surplus or irrelevant on the battlefield.
Former Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov shared information that he was forced to stop multi-million dollar international contracts that provided for the purchase of foreign weapons that are currently in surplus or irrelevant on the battlefield.
He said this during today’s briefing for journalists, which was broadcast by Suspilne.
«We stopped a large number of contracts that were signed directly with foreigners by Ukrainian companies, which I didn’t even know about when I arrived. I come to another country and say — dear minister, we are no longer buying the 155th (shell), and don’t give money for repairs of the Leopards — two hundred million, don’t do this and don’t do that. I come to Ukraine after that, and my phone goes off — you broke our contract, we had a framework contract signed a long time ago… In this situation, we are acting very badly as a state, breaking the business strategy of companies. But, on the other hand, if we now have a surplus of the 155th short for the front, what moral right do I have to allow this company to sell the 155th short to the state?», — shared Fedorov.
In such a situation, as the former Minister of Defense says, he had to make unpopular, quick decisions.
«Contracts are stopped, and partners are transferring money, for example, to the 155th long-distance line,» he gave an example.
He added that such decisions should have been made a year ago to avoid this problem.
Recall that, according to Mikhail Fedorov, he rejected Zelensky’s offer to become an advisor and said that he received offers from Palantir.
Yesterday, Mykhailo Fedorov announced that he was leaving the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine and published a farewell post in which he summed up his work.
