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Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Czech Republic are investigating the disappearance of 36,6 million dollars allocated for mortar mines for the Armed Forces.
In October 2022 year, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine ordered from the Lviv Arsenal company 100 thousand mortar mines. The funds were paid in advance, but the ammunition never arrived. The money passed through a chain of European companies, including the Slovak Sevotech and the Zagreb-based WDG Promet.
According to the investigation, part of the funds was used to purchase the Bosnian explosives plant Vitezit. Croatian entrepreneur Matija Zubak, connected with one of the contracting firms, has the status of a suspect and has been placed on an international wanted list. Preliminary investigation into him has been suspended pending establishment of his whereabouts.
The trial of the case over the undelivered mines has been ongoing at the High Anti-Corruption Court since September 2025 year. The defendants include five individuals, among them former Ministry of Defense officials Oleksandr Liev and Toomas Nahkur, Sevotech representative Oleksandr Khoroshayev, and the director of Lviv Arsenal Yuriy Zbitnev. They are accused of misappropriating budget funds. All defendants deny their guilt.
Ukraine has appealed to Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide international legal assistance in the case of the purchase of Vitezit: information on the sale of property, involvement of the company WDG Promet, and electronic communications. The Bosnian agency SIPA has already sent requests to the court in Travnik, where the plant bankruptcy proceedings were taking place.
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