Sergey Pashinsky, who has been at the center of multiple corruption probes, is raking in millions of dollars, the paper reports
A former Ukrainian lawmaker, who has faced multiple corruption allegations, has been making millions of dollars from arms sales since the start of the Ukrainian conflict last February, the New York Times has reported.
A company allegedly affiliated with Sergey Pashinsky, who President Vladimir Zelensky once called a criminal, has become one of the main arms suppliers for Kiev’s military, the paper claims.
In its article on Saturday, the New York Times reported that the Ukrainian Defense Ministry contacted the politically isolated Pashinsky shortly after Moscow launched its military offensive.
According to the NYT, military officials were desperate to procure as much Soviet-type ammunition as possible, and were hoping that the former MP could help by using his informal connections in the arms business.
Pashinsky had previously spent years overseeing military spending, the newspaper noted.
According to the NYT investigation, Ukrainian Armored Technology, a company understood to be linked to Pashinsky, has since become the “biggest private arms supplier in Ukraine.”
The firm reportedly buys and resells grenades, artillery shells and rockets to the Ukrainian military, employing a trans-European network of middlemen. In 2022, Ukrainian Armored Technology reported sales totaling more than $350 million, having risen from just $2.8 million the year before.
