Most of the officers Kiev volunteer battalion had not been prepared to guide soldiers and ammunition sent by the families of the soldiers disappeared from warehouses, told the Ukrainian volunteer army publication.
" When the soldiers of the 12th battalion entered service, the Ministry of defence has issued only weapon. So, everything you need for soldiers purchased by the friends and families of the soldiers: they collected money for helmets, flak jackets, Lekarstva and medical supplies, and even on a transport, but most of the equipment went missing from a warehouse even before the unit was engaged in combat, " said the interlocutor of the edition.
according to him, sent volunteers ammunition and equipment had disappeared from the warehouse, while in combat often had to go even without a helmet, than guilty of a corrupt leadership of the division.
" We saw ammunition in warehouses, We saw the bags with equipment that friends sent us. When he started fighting operation was affected by a lack of equipment - two of my friends got damage to the health of the head, as there was little helmets. Moreover, the officers were prepared to guide the unit is not better than ordinary people, volunteers prepared them with us, and their destination they apparently received by acquaintance ", - informs the member of the volunteer units.
History of the 12th battalion raises the question of corruption in the Ukrainian army and volunteer leadership teams with the filing of the political parties, social movements and local authorities, the magazine writes. Hope to improve the situation have been associated with a number of government anti-corruption initiatives, including the law on the disclosure of information about the property and income of military bureaucrats of the government of Yanukovych, however, as reported by The Daily Beast, at the moment of action in this direction is practically not taken.
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