The Ministry of Defence calls the information on the purchase of food for the Armed Forces at inflated prices manipulation and misleading

Earlier, the media reported that the defence department buys food at twice the price of store prices

What happened? The information about the content of food procurement for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which has been spread in the public space, is being disseminated with signs of deliberate manipulation and is misleading. 

Source. Ministry of Defence

Details. The statement says that Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov personally appealed to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence Oleksandr Zavitnevych with a request to immediately hold a meeting of the Committee and hear comprehensive information on the procedure, circumstances and results of the food procurement for servicemen for 2023 with the participation of representatives of the NABU and the SBI.

"The Ministry of Defence is preparing materials for the Security Service of Ukraine to investigate the dissemination of deliberately false information that harms the interests of defence during a special period," the statement says.

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