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[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

❗ Mykhailo Fedorov was asked about corruption: Which corrupt officials or companies were involved in his dismissal? Here is his full response:

📌 From day one, we introduced a new procurement system based on data. Previously, the General Staff would provide a list of companies and products that had to be purchased. We decided instead to buy from the top 10 highest-quality companies in each category. As a result, 80% of drones are now purchased from the best manufacturers because there had been a lot of low-quality equipment reaching the front. The remaining 20% are procured through competitive tenders.

📌 The second step was launching open tenders. We started with 155 mm artillery shells. One company opposed holding a tender but eventually participated—and reduced the price of each shell by $1,000. We saved more than $100 million on artillery alone.

After that, we launched a tender for 160,000 medium-strike drones. Fifty-nine companies submitted bids. That is our competitive advantage. We expect savings of 20–30%. If the budget exceeds 20 billion hryvnias, then saving 20% means billions that can be invested elsewhere.

📌 We also halted a large number of contracts that had been signed directly between certain Ukrainian companies and foreign suppliers. I wasn't even aware of many of them when I took office. In a sense, we disrupted some companies' business strategies, but how could I justify buying shells we already had in surplus when we faced shortages of other types?

We tried to launch as many competitive tenders as possible for both deep-strike and FPV drones, because they generate significant savings while allowing companies to compete in an open market.

📌 There is, in fact, a great deal of corruption. Some department heads within the Ministry of Defense had effectively been appointed by private companies. These were officials who would not even attend ministry meetings without representatives of certain law enforcement agencies accompanying them. We began dismissing them, one after another.

There was one case involving a proposed direct contract with a specific company. We received a letter from the Bureau of Economic Security (BEB) stating that the company's profit margin was 200–300%. It belonged to a well-known individual who does not live in Ukraine. After discussions with the General Staff, we removed that company from consideration. However, everything said during that meeting somehow became known across the entire market. We conducted polygraph tests and identified those responsible.

❗ There were many stories like this. We had only begun changing the system at its core. These reforms will save budget funds, allowing Ukraine to continue fighting and spend money on what the military actually needs.

[Erik van Zwam, traveler and journalist @evanzwam]

@RpsAgainstTrump @realDonaldTrump is an American traitor and asset of #Russia. His conversation with #Putin proves it again last night. Always helping Russia, never #Ukraine But Ukraine holds the cards now. Not Putin, not Trump

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@EchoesofWarYT In awe 😢

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https://t.co/qk5h4gtkxk

[Vince Mpls @vincempls]

June 1, 1933: The "Fund of German Trade and Industry" is created, a huge slush fund administered by Martin Bormann in the Führer's name. The regime used the funds to compensate SA Stormtroopers who committed street violence, subsize the SS, and enrich Nazi party officials.

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@Longshanks1307 Great read , what a busy man William was...

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@MarkSabah @Billbrowder @Walsh_e_Patrick Both books are fascinating ,Bill you have done great honour to Sergies memory .

[Def Mon @DefMon3]

Ukraine update🧵 February 21th

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@adamsirett1 Lincoln !!

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@adamsirett1 @Everton Amazing what can happen when you believe 😂😂🥴

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@bazmatty And this is when you win !!!!

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@bazmatty Seen that touch before ? 😂

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@adamsirett1 Got to save him for the games we have a chance of winning 🥴

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@bazmatty Be wary of the stick you poke ,football is a funny old game 😜🥴

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@bazmatty How the privileged mock the afflicted 🥴😂

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@adamsirett1 @WestHam @Everton @premierleague @BurnleyOfficial Definitely Frank messed up !! 😥

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@adamsirett1 @WestHam @Everton @premierleague @BurnleyOfficial Watford decimated !! We might get a draw !!

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@adamsirett1 @WestHam @Everton @premierleague @BurnleyOfficial Ok a draw.....

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The failure of statecraft is all too evident ,politicians are voted in to power to prevent disasters like the Ukraine,who really is responsible??