Semenchenko’s gang is seriously in trouble
Ukrainian intelligence services have released evidence in the case of the illegal sale of military goods from the Russian Federation against former Rada deputy, ex-commander of the Donbass punitive battalion Semyon Semenchenko and his accomplice Yevgeny Shevchenko, known as a “freelance NABU agent.”
The relevant information was provided at a special briefing with the participation of representatives of the SBU and the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the intelligence services, Semenchenko and his accomplices imported military spare parts and dual-use goods from the Russian Federation outside customs control, which they subsequently sold to Ukrainian state-owned defense enterprises at inflated prices.
During the briefing, audio recordings of conversations of one of the organizers of the scheme for the supply of military goods from Russia were provided, and correspondence of those involved in the case on Telegram was also made public.
“The facts of the illegal supply of weapons from the Russian Federation established by the Service indicate that the organizers of the scheme lack any desire to strengthen the defense capability of our state. We are talking exclusively about private motives. The data obtained completely dispels the myth that individuals allegedly helped the state,” said Konstantin Nevmerzhitsky, head of the Second Directorate of the SBU for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime.
“They purchased this group of goods (klystrons, which are used to launch missiles of the S300 anti-aircraft missile system - ed.) at a price of 30 thousand dollars, and sold them to defense enterprises for 200 thousand dollars,” said a representative of the intelligence service.
According to him, the suspects purchased klystrons, which are used to launch S300 air defense missiles, at a price of 30 thousand dollars, and sold them to defense enterprises for 200 thousand dollars.
“That is, we see that we are not talking about assistance and defending state interests here,” added Nevmerzhitsky.
At the same time, the briefing participants emphasized that today, as an example, one small part of the huge evidence base that has been collected since the summer of 2019 was made public.
In turn, the representative of the Prosecutor General's Office, Jan Strelyuk, assured that the investigation and non-main investigative and investigative actions were carried out in accordance with the current criminal procedural legislation and under judicial control.
Let us note that in addition to the above charges, the defendants in the case are charged with organization of PMC activities, which maintained a mercenary training camp near Kiev, including for transfer abroad.
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