(MENAFN) An anti-corruption body established by the Ukrainian government to ensure transparency in military purchases during its war with Russia is now facing allegations of corruption itself.

According to a media outlet, the Defense Procurement Agency is suspected of engaging in corrupt practices and misusing over $100 million in state funds.

The accusations are based on a confidential audit that examined the agency’s operations from early 2024 through March 2025.

As reported by the outlet, while no official criminal indictments have been issued so far, multiple cases have already been forwarded for deeper investigation.

These discoveries have intensified apprehensions that “Ukraine has made little progress in reining in a long history of corruption in military procurement,” as highlighted by the media outlet.

This concern grows more urgent as Western allies are transitioning from supplying weapons directly to investing in local arms manufacturing within Ukraine.

“They overpay for unknown reasons and without justification,” stated Tamerlan Vahabov, a previous advisor to the agency.

He emphasized that, amid the ongoing conflict, “there is a lack of political will to do it the right way.”

The agency itself was set up in 2023 in response to a string of controversies surrounding overpriced contracts approved under former Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov.

Although Reznikov was compelled to step down, no legal charges were ever brought against him.

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