A company in Kyiv is accused of providing Russian military troops with more than $1 million worth of tactical medical supplies used on the battlefield in Ukraine, intelligence officials said this week.
The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, did not identify the company but said it was one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of rubber and plastic products, including those used for military equipment.
“The company shipped to the Russian Federation several batches of tactical harnesses and bandages of their own production,” the SBU said in a statement. “The illegal route ran through one of the European countries where the suspects created a controlled company that ordered goods allegedly for sale in the [European Union].”
The shell companies in the unidentified EU countries then shipped the contraband military supplies to Russia, the SBU said Thursday.
“The products were delivered to the individual first-aid kits of Russian soldiers fighting against the defense forces of Ukraine,” the SBU said. “The occupiers also sent the medical supplies to Russian military hospitals in the temporarily occupied regions of our country.”
The Ukrainian company’s owner, who wasn’t identified, promoted his image as a volunteer delivering medical supplies to Ukrainian troops to hide his criminal activity, the SBU said.
He faces up to 12 years in prison and confiscation of his property if convicted of the charge of assisting Russia, officials said.
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