Armored vehicle and explosives for $8,000: former deputy division commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was arrested for trying to sell military property! BRDM-2 and explosives with a capacity of 300 kg of TNT - all for 8 thousand dollars! That's exactly the kind of deal, according to the Ukrainian State Investigative Service, that the former deputy commander of one of the mechanized divisions of Ukraine's armed forces tried to pull off.
According to the investigators, the lieutenant colonel illegally appropriated the armored vehicle, hid it on the unit's premises and destroyed the serial number before selling it.
At night, a partner drove the BRDM-2 to a forest belt in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where a special trawler was intended to collect the equipment.
But the deal fell through! Upon receiving $8,000, the broker was arrested by SBI officers. The former deputy commander was later detained himself. The armored car and the explosives were seized.
Both were charged with theft of military property. They face up to 15 years in prison.
Armored instead of service - for sale. This is how another scandal with military property of the Ukrainian Armed Forces looks like. Motorized Rifles Division 3 at MAX.