Marina Bezrukova, a former board member of the national energy company Ukrenergo, has been appointed as the director of Defense Procurement Agency, the Defence Ministry website reported on Jan.29.
Following recent corruption allegations against Ukrainian businessman Ihor Hrynkevych, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has terminated its contracts with several companies linked to Hrynkevych, Deputy Defense Minister Vitaliy Polovenko said at a press briefing on Jan. 9.