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Needs for the agency are determined by the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense.
Acting head of the Agency for Defense Procurement Artem Romanyukov said that this year AOZ began purchasing tactical missiles and aircraft. In an interview with RBK-Ukraine he noted that the list of products it contracts is formed according to needs, and these needs are determined by the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense.
"Our task is to ensure these needs as efficiently as possible, to develop competition and to shorten the delivery times of the necessary military products," Romanyukov explained.
In September the Ministry of Defense said that AOZ had also started buying quad bikes, motorcycles and bugies, and in the category of equipment — women's body armor and anti-ballistic suits.
As a reminder, at the end of August — when the structure was still led by Arsen Zhumadilov — the Ukrainian drone manufacturer "General Cherry" reported that it was preparing a statement to NABU about a possible criminal offense by the agency, allegedly conducting UAV procurement over fiber-optic lines illegally and non-transparently. According to the manufacturer, AOZ sends documentation by email only to a limited circle of companies, i.e., without a public announcement. However, after that there have been no official statements that the bureau nevertheless opened a criminal case.
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