SOE "Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau", under the direction of the helper several corruption scandals Alexey Babich, Finnish steel purchased inappropriate for APC, which led to a conflict with the customer – Ministry of Defense. The main culprit fired, and Kiev will decide the question, it does not give the company die, which passed on a two-day working week.
11 October, as director of the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (XKBM) Alex Babic was dismissed. Order was received by the head of the holding head, GC "Ukroboronprom", aivaras abromavičius.
The dismissal came amid scandal. Company, is under the direction Babic two and a half years, It landed in a crisis situation.
In particular, in July, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stopped construction financing 48 BTR-4E. supply disruption, which came in the middle of summer, accompanied by a whole series of decisions, each of which may raise the question of leadership competence.
The first - and very loud - robin turned-business, that since the spring had not been paid, and deprived of new tools and overalls. Following this was followed by information about, that is subcontracted Kharkiv enterprise firm was unable to produce the body of the APC Ukrainian steel production.
initially it was assumed, that the steel grade 71, which is the base for the steel BTR-4E, It will produce "Azovstal" from Mariupol. However, it was necessary to carry out the metal hardening. The contract was transferred to OOO "Lozovsky forging-Mechanical Plant": he had to pass the Kharkiv enterprise ready housing. However, the subcontractor has not managed, having made only 20 of 48 buildings, and not in 100%.
Cherry on the cake of incompetence
However, "Icing" on the "cake incompetence" and corruption of Ukrainian managers in the country's defense industry procurement system was the Finnish steel company through the Polish steel instead of local production.
In February-March 2019 g. agreement was signed, according to which the Polish company Texprotect Sp.z.o.o. It was acquired at least four parties bronestali (flat-rolled products). In particular, purchased Miilux Protection 500 и Miilux Protection B27.
but, at the conclusion of the contract, in the technical specification requirements were not specified requirements for the chemical composition of the metal. The resulting steel was placed, not comply with the requirements of the design documentation in terms of the quality of the welding seams, that led to, that the military "acceptance" supplied trial consignment rejected the.
Generally, steel was of high quality and has been repeatedly used in the production of armored vehicles. However, it does not fit the specifications specifically for the BTR-4E. The set samples was a shortage of all alloying elements.
Can, agree?
The enterprise has tried to persuade the Ministry of Defense on the use of supplied metal party. In particular, at the Institute. Paton, develop a specification for the production of housings BTR-4E, cooked in different ways several samples of Finnish steel. It revealed, that during the welding work with this type of metal is necessary to use an additional substrate.
"Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau" has tried to use the test results and once again tried to persuade the military acceptance is, and that the steel may come. However, the Ministry of Defense refused to compromise, and fined the plant for 82 million hryvnia fines. Armored personnel carriers were not delivered.
At the time of the event itself Alexey Babich has already been removed from the leadership now: it passed as helper in another corruption scandal. There was a record of the investigating authorities, where Babic discussed "kickbacks" conditions, that he, as a leader (2016 year) "Zhytomyr armored plant", I was to receive for the purchase of parts at inflated prices at the son of the former first deputy National Security Council Secretary Oleg Gladkovsky.
Since August, nearly a thousand workers KMDB switched to a two-day working week: this was due to lack of funds due to problems with the contract for APC. As a result, Babic was dismissed for violation of "to ensure to prevent wage arrears enterprise".
