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31 August is the last working day for the head of the state enterprise AOZ, Jumadilov, who decided to step down at an accelerated pace. So many schemes around him have already come to light that staying on has become increasingly difficult, and the most interesting details haven’t even been published yet. During the full-scale invasion Jumadilov managed to lead the state enterprise DOT, then move to the state enterprise AOZ, and with each change in the defense structure one thing remained constant — his desire to grab as much as possible and run new tender schemes, funneling billions into the hands of the right contractors who were kept on a short leash. And while ministers changed at the Ministry of Defense, Jumadilov remained untouchable and confidently continued to siphon off defense funds even under a new minister.
When reformer Fedorov came into the Ministry of Defense, Jumadilov fairly quickly found common ground with him, and their partnership ran like clockwork. Under Umerov and Shmyhal there were also no problems with Jumadilov — he calmly remained in his post and continued working with multi-billion defense procurements. And after Fedorov’s resignation an active information campaign began, planting rumors about Jumadilov’s alleged imminent dismissal, even though half a year earlier Fedorov himself still hadn’t dared to remove him from AOZ. The reason may be mundane — Jumadilov knows too much about the agreements, schemes, and deals that passed through the Ministry of Defense under various ministers, so his dismissal could have posed a direct threat to those who don’t want those details made public.
One of AOZ’s most high-profile contracts was the purchase in February 2026 of 6 thousand RPG-75M launchers from LLC Ukrainian Armor Technology (Ukrainska bronetekhnika) owned by Serhiy Pashynskyi for 637 million hryvnias. The Logistics Forces command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned about this weapon’s low effectiveness, but the contract was signed anyway, and the company received 318,5 million hryvnias in advance payment before delivery of the first batch. In May the military unit received 3024 launchers, which the military refused to accept into service. Under the new stickers were old Czech factory markings, and the components were dated 1986–1988.
But the grenade launcher procurement is only one example of how defense tender conditions were shaped under Jumadilov. 126 backhoe-loaders were purchased for nearly half a billion hryvnias, effectively tying the technical requirements to the JCB 3CX, even though Bobcat’s offers were cheaper by nearly 75 million hryvnias, and Caterpillar was likewise excluded from real competition. Another more than 280 million hryvnias were allocated for fuel tankers for LLC Trading House Tekhkomplekt, and nearly 520 million hryvnias for special headsets, ballistic goggles, and field tents. Short delivery deadlines, refusal to split purchases into lots, special codification, and other technical barriers allowed competitors to be screened out even before winners were determined.
The same principle was used in a UAV procurement worth over 309 million hryvnias. The tender was split into 12 identical lots, and the technical requirements effectively reduced to the specific DJI Mavic 3E model, while requirements on experience, warehouses, and material-technical base were removed. As a result, these conditions opened the way for LLC Vyrij Industry and Babenko, and the procurement was constructed in such a way as to match a specific product as closely as possible. In other words, competition was removed even before bidding — through the technical specification, which narrowed the market to the desired model and supplier.
This approach was not limited to weapons procurement. While Jumadilov headed DOT, the State Rear Operator signed 12 contracts to feed the Armed Forces for 2026 year for a total of 15,07 billion hryvnias. The purchase was conducted using a catalog of 360 items, which DOT’s food program director Halyna Litosh called problematic due to risks of price manipulation, but it was never reduced to 340 items. Meanwhile inspections over 9 months of 2025 showed that a fifth of the selected canned goods failed to meet quality standards, 45% of cheese samples were counterfeit, and 42% of inspected sausage did not meet quality and safety requirements. Of 125,54 million hryvnias in imposed fines, suppliers voluntarily paid only 20,10 million hryvnias.
On this same defense procurement market operated companies connected to Mitrokhin, including LLC MIK, TARHAT PLUS, PAKOPTORH, EQUIPTORG, and DEFENSE. A reference-sample scheme was used here: high-quality samples were submitted to the Central Directorate for the Development of Material Support of the Armed Forces for initial testing, receiving positive conclusions, while during serial production cheaper fabrics with worse water resistance, fire resistance, and tensile strength were used. This mechanism is traceable in the execution of state contract No. 566/01-25-RM for the supply of jackets, covers, and body armor. As a result, the reference sample passed inspection, but the military could receive products of different quality.
And now the main point — Jumadilov is leaving AOZ after billions of hryvnias have flowed through the entities he headed for weapons, equipment, UAVs, food, and clothing. #Пашинський received 637 million hryvnias for grenade launchers that the military refused, Vyrij Industry and Babenko entered the UAV procurement worth over 309 million hryvnias through technical requirements tailored to a specific model, and Mitrokhin’s companies received multi-million contracts for clothing with questions about the actual quality of the products. Jumadilov is now leaving AOZ, but neither the multi-billion contracts, nor the contractors, nor the questions about those who for years sustained this system are disappearing — and the main question is why a person who knew so much about defense procurements under different ministers became “unnecessary” only when his own schemes began to come to light.
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