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ОГЛЯД РЕФОРМУВАННЯ OVERVIEW OF DEFENCE REFORMS IN UKRAINE JanuaryОБОРОННОГО 2017 СЕКТОРУ УКРАЇНИ Січень 2017

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Under the plan, FOREIGN MILITARY approximately 3,000 personnel from the 7500 PERSONNEL TO PARTICIPATE United States, NATO and IN MULTINATIONAL EXERCISES IN UKRAINE Partnership for Peace member states will come to Ukraine in January-February 2017 and will be allowed to stay in the country through the end of the year.

nother 2,500 military personnel Afrom the United States and other countries with armaments and military equipment, including planes, helicopters, ships, and submarines, will arrive in July- August 2017 for the U.S.-Ukraine Sea Breeze exercise in the Black Sea. They will be joined by 1,000 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for training ashore and at sea. A large contingent of foreign military personnel will also come to Ukraine in June-November 2017 for the annual Rapid Trident exercise within the framework of the Partnership for Peace Programme. Up to 2,000 NATO troops are expected to take part in drills at the Yavoriv training area.

Minister of Defence of UKRAINE AND THE UK SIGN JOINT STATEMENT Ukraine and State Secretary for Defence ON FUTURE DEFENCE COOPERATION of the United Kingdom Sir Michael Fallon have signed the Joint Statement on defence cooperation development following talks in Kyiv on January 20.

hrough their Joint Statement, Tministers have shown willingness to further promote cooperation across several areas, including training of the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, education, language and professional training, as well as supporting the progress of ongoing defence reform in Ukraine. As was reported earlier, the UK also plans to increase its training and advisory assistance to Ukraine. This year, British instrucors are expected to train up to 5,000 Ukrainian troops to NATO standards.

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DEFENCE MINISTRIES OF UKRAINE AND IN 2017, UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES WILL FOCUS PORTUGAL AGREE ON RECRUITING MORE AND BETTER OFFICERS TO DEEPEN MILITARY COOPERATION According to Gen. Victor Muzhenko, Chief of During the official visit to the General Staff and Portugal on January 16, Minister Commander-in-Chief of the of Defence of Ukraine Stepan Ukrainian Armed Forces, Poltorak held a meeting with officer positions will be filled Minister of National Defence both by recruiting reserve of Portugal Mr Jose Alberto officers for a contract service Azeredo Lopes, discussing and through accelerated enhanced cooperation between training courses for sergeants the two countries in the defence with higher education willing sphere. to become junior officers. particular, ministers spoke about he whole officer recruitment effort, signing a Memorandum on Defence In Gen. Muzhenko said, will be primarily and Technical Cooperation between T aimed at staffing combat units. Ukraine and Portugal and expanding joint scientific activities at higher military educational establishments. It is expected that the two countries will improve UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS WILL BE TRAINED experience sharing among military doctors. BY OKLAHOMA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Minister also agreed that Ukrainian WIA soldiers will undergo treatment and rehabilitation in Portugal. Approximately 250 soldiers he JMTG-U mission, which falls under from the Oklahoma Army T7th Army Training Command and National Guard’s 45th Infantry U.S. Army Europe, will pair Thunderbirds from 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Brigade Combat Team arrived in HEALTH MINISTRY Regiment with Ukrainian Soldiers from Ukraine in January to begin their UNVEILED THE 1st Battalion, 28th Mechanized Brigade deployment in support of Joint and 1st Battalion, 79th Airborne Brigade. CONTENTS OF THE Multinational Training Group- American soldiers will serve in Ukraine for NEW ARMY FIRST Ukraine. the next six months. AID KITS

Updated first aid kits are designed with modern NATO standards in mind and contain basic means for saving soldier’s life after being wounded in action.

utdated Esmarch bandages are Ofinally out of the kit, replaced by the more efficient tourniquets. Unlike bandages, the latter are more resilient to physical or temperature stress and can be applied single-handedly. t is expected that the Armed Forces will Ireceive the new first aid kits after the Health Ministry decides on the supplier. Military personnel will undergo additional training before switching to the new kit.

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LAW #5337 ADDRESSES PROBLEMS OF TERMLESS CONTRACTS #5337 “On amend- Law ments to several laws of Ukraine on improving the pro- cedure for military service” went into effect on Jan. 7, 2017. The Law allows two categories of ser- vice members to terminate their contacts with the Armed Forces UKRAINIAN MILITARY of Ukraine: those whose contracts were automatically renewed (for 18 PERSONNEL TO BE months) after the start of the ATO, 80% UNDER CONTRACT and those who signed a contract (for 24 months) during the ATO The General Staff of the is increasing for a period “until the end of the the number of contracted service members. In 2016, on average special period”. This applies to approximately 6,000 Ukrainians every month signed contracts approximately 90,000 military per- to serve in the army, which eliminated the need for another sonnel. Service members will be discharged in stages and it will not wave of mobilization. degrade the combat-readiness of ontracted military service remains one of the most attractive professions units in the ATO zone. Cin Ukraine, given the improved conditions of service and pay increase (it has tripled since 2015). Currently, the minimum monthly wage of a soldier-shooter serving outside the ATO zone is UAH 7,000. When mobilized members sign contracts, soldiers receive an additional one-time payment equivalent to 8 minimum wages, while officers receive ARMY’S EFFICIENCY IS NOT 10 minimum wages. The General Staff is also compiling a list of combat positions DEFINED BY THE HEADCOUNT, subject to bonuses to increase the prestige of military service. BUT RATHER BY UNITS’ ABILITY TO PERFORM SET TASKS. THAT’S WHY THIS YEAR OUR EFFORTS CONTRACT TERMS WOMEN IN THE AFU WILL BE FOCUSED ON HOW PROFESSIONAL AND WELL- The AFU offers several types of In June 2016 the MOD expanded the TRAINED OUR CONTRACT contracts, ranging from 6 months to list of staff posts for which women TROOPS ARE. 5 years, depending on position and serving under contract are eligible. Now, previous military experience. Law nearly all military specializations, from #5337 adopted in January allows shooters to scouts, snipers, and unit contractors to leave service prior to commanders are open to women. full demobilization.

proportion of contracted service members is expected to gradually The increase to 80%. During the assignment of contracted soldiers, priority will be given to filling posts for junior commanders, combat positions in crews, and other positions that determine the combat readiness of units. Viktor Muzhenko, Ukrainian Army General, The remaining 20% of the army will be conscripts; this year, approximately 17,000 Chief of the General Staff citizens will be called up for duty in the AFU. Conscripted members will serve in non- of the Armed Forces of Ukraine combat units and will not be deployed to the ATO zone.

More than 69,000 people signed contracts with the AFU in 2016, 7,500 of them were officers

4 Overview of Defence Reforms in Ukraine / January 2017 Food reform in the Armed Forces of Ukraine

BETTER FOOD FOR THE ARMY: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE APPROVES AFU FOOD SUPPLY REFORM CONCEPT OUR EXPERIMENT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO EXPAND THE ASSORTMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTS USED, MAKE A CATALOGUE, DIVERSIFY THE MILITARY DIET, AND EFFECTIVELY USE PUBLIC FUNDS TO PURCHASE FOOD FOR THE MILITARY. IN 2017, THANKS TO THE CONCEPT, THIS APPROACH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ARMY.

Diana Petrenya, Ukrainian soldiers will now be served meals using international head of the AFU Food Reform Project, standards. This is a major achievement for the Reforms Project Reforms Project Office Office of the Ministry of Defence, which has been working on this reform for two years. he new food supply system will be 348 products), make changes to the Ttested in 2017 at military schools, catalogue, and determine whether hospitals, and 25 military units. catering companies or military cooks Ukraine’s military will move to the will be responsible for food at each new food supply system within three military unit. The draft concept and years. The reforms were made possible catalogue were developed by the MOD following the adoption by the Cabinet Reforms Project Office based on testing of Minister on December 28, 2016 of a done in 2015-2016 at the Sahaidachny decree on food procurement rules for Army Academy in Lviv and Western the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Naval Base in Odesa that confirmed the new food supply system was effective. military units, changing how nutritional This gave the MOD the right to purchase needs were calculated, and using food independently based on a ministry- The testing involved introducing an electronic accounting and reporting. approved catalogue (currently includes alternative system of supplying food to Meals were made using ingredients from the catalogue costing a certain amount and with buffet-style elements. PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT FOOD SUPPLY SYSTEM At the military unit dining halls service members could choose from two or three first and second courses, a range AFU nutrition norms There is an urgent Military canteens The food supply haven’t changed need for qualified have outdated market is dominated of salads, fruits, cakes, etc. The food since the 1960s and food service equipment that make by four companies, budget was calculated using maximum do not meet the workers, especially it impossible to cook which prevents allowable cost and number of calories needs of a modern managers. quickly and store competition and per service member. The price of meals army. food properly. results in high prices per service member was determined and poor quality by the MOD based on tenders for food food. supply.

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For those hearing about this project for the first time, let us provide an overview. Over the next two years, UPCOMING CHANGES we plan to reform the housing programme in several ways. The IN HOUSING POLICY tendering and contracting system for the procurement of housing will FOR MILITARY FAMILIES be improved. Reformers are calling for a change in standards and approaches to address the problem of housing now and in the future. Housing has always been one of the most acute problems for our army. Currently, there are more than 44,000 military The first step in reforming the system families in the housing queue. will be improving the procedure for housing procurement and contract Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (MOD) has decided to reform management. The its ineffective housing programme. In July 2016, the Ministry of Defence launched a program that is being implemented by its Reforms The Ministry of Defence conducts Project Office with financial support from Great Britain. tenders through the ProZorro system and was the first Ukrainian government agency to switch to WE CARRIED OUT AN AUDIT the new transparent procurement OF THE HOUSING SYSTEM. system. HAVING ANALYSED THE One of the main problems is irregular EXPERIENCE OF OTHER financing from the state budget INSTITUTIONS AND THE and failure by contractors to fulfil ARMIES OF NATO MEMBER their obligations. As a result, we STATES, WE IDENTIFIED have developers that fail to fulfil PRIORITIES AND PLANNED their contractual obligations, an OUR WORK FOR THE NEXT increase in the number of unfinished FEW MONTHS. REAL CHANGES construction projects, and numerous WILL BE VISIBLE SOON. lawsuits. The problem has grown over the years. Therefore, a new Andriy Zahorodnyuk, approach to housing procurement director, Reforms Project Office and contract management is

6 Overview of Defence Reforms in Ukraine / January 2017 currently being developed for implementation in the first half of this IF YOU TIE THE LEVEL OF FINANCIAL year. REMUNERATION A SERVICEMAN Project management is an effective RECEIVES TO THE SIZE OF HIS FAMILY AND practice throughout the world, and in LOCATION OF SERVICE, AND ACCUMULATE this situation project managers keep THESE FUNDS ON A DEPOSIT ACCOUNT unscrupulous contractors out of the IN A BANK, THIS WILL PROVIDE THE system. The Reforms Project Office SERVICEMAN AFTER COMPLETION came up with the idea of forming OF SERVICE WITH A SUM OF MONEY similar project management teams SUFFICIENT TO PURCHASE A FLAT, OR TO within the Main Housing Department TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE WHILE IN SERVICE of the MOD. AND PURCHASE A HOME SOONER. THIS WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED TO WAIT IN You will agree that it is better THE LONG QUEUE, FILL OUT DOCUMENTS, to hire a manager to oversee a DEAL WITH CORRUPTION, ETC. construction project than to assume that construction companies will Glen Grant, head of the Military Housing Reform Project, be honest. The MOD is working on Reforms Project Office developing new business processes that will be implemented in the near future in a pilot housing construction well as allocating some of the funds burden for the defence budget. To project for the Ukrainian Navy. for renting flats.” note, the budget for 2017 included UAH751 million for housing, which “The Reforms Project Office has According to the project manager, included UAH600 million from the launched a housing construction British consultant, professor of the general fund and UAH151 million project for Navy families that Riga Business School and former from the special fund. moved to mainland Ukraine after British Army officer Glen Grant, one the occupation of Crimea and still of the achievements of the housing As an alternative to the housing do not have decent housing,” says construction program in southern queue, the Project Reforms Office is Andriy Zahorodnyuk. “Together Ukraine was the replacement of the looking at providing servicemen with with volunteers, we analysed their customer: before it used to be the remuneration. According to experts, housing needs, visited locations in Main Housing Department, and now a financial solution to the project is the Odesa and Mykolayiv oblasts, it is the Navy command. totally acceptable – it is everyone’s and developed alternative solutions right to either wait for a flat or receive “This is a major leap in fundamental to the reconstruction of buildings. funds. There are plans for the construction reforms. My general approach is that of the first building with 225 flats the project implementers should be For example, many armies around for our sailors. We are not only those who determine needs locally,” the world do not provide ownership considering construction in Odesa the expert added. of flats. This right is expressed in financial terms that increase with and Mykolayiv, but also potentially The pilot project is to start in June every year of service. Compensation purchasing flats in other areas, as 2017 with the testing of these new is proportionate to the number of approaches. years of military service. A certain “It’s no secret that there are several amount is received after 20 years, legislative problems with the current and increases significantly after 30 housing system. Housing for years. servicemen and their families is still The housing reform process will regulated by laws from the Soviet be difficult and slow. The draft era that haven’t changed since programme will be comprehensive 1983,” says Andriy Zahorodnyuk. and require legislative changes. “According to our estimates, on The next step will be the drafting of average only 5% of families receive bills and methods for regulating the housing every year. It will cost housing queue. Future plans include approximately UAH20 billion to meet the development of a series of military the housing demands of the 44,000 housing models and comprehensive military families in the hosuing reforms to provide servicemen with queue. Obviously, this is a heavy ownership of housing.

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have this money paid out as a monthly pension supplement, given that British military pensions are relatively small. This way the state leaves it up to service members as to how they want to invest this money.

HOUSING QUEUES – A BROKEN SYSTEM

ost-Soviet countries that inherited Phousing queues have found different solutions to this problem. Poland, for example, chose the most straightforward option – before doing away with the housing queue, they compensated every member in the queue the cost of a flat. Ukraine could choose this option, but current budget constraints do allow for full compensation for everyone in the NOT JUST QUEUES: queue. Furthermore, large infusions MILITARY HOUSING IN OTHER COUNTRIES of cash will not solve the systematic problems of providing welfare support to the Ukrainian military.

There is no simple solution to the housing problem in the Russia suspended its queue only Ukrainian army. Outdated legislation that has resulted in a recently – in 2016. Under the new law, housing queue of 40,000, poor quality of existing housing every service member that was in the stock, ineffective use of the budget, and a host of other queue up until 2005 is eligible for housing problems demand major changes. The system of welfare subsidies, the rest lose their right to the support for Ukraine’s military is at the top of the list. queue and instead can participate in the state mortgage program. designing the housing reform In developed countries, this same In Turkey, service members often take project for the Ministry of approach applies to housing. The British In out loans to buy homes in resort towns. Defence of Ukraine, the Reforms army does not own any land or housing. They are provided military housing while Project Office analysed the provision of This is all left to external markets, which in service, pay off the mortgages by welfare support and military housing in are more efficient, professional, and renting their homes to tourists, and move other countries, ranging from military cheaper. into them after retiring. powerhouses such as the U.S. and Great Transfer of home ownership to service Britain, to CIS countries and Russia, Countries such as Kyrgyzstan, members is also not a common practice. which as a militarist state has always Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, and Instead, military housing or rent rebates made support of military personnel and Belarus use two basic mechanisms: are provided. After leaving service, their families a priority. The project team the opportunity to gain permanent members receive a cash payment they reached the following conclusions. ownership of military housing or land can spend as they wish – to buy a home, after completion of engagement (20 pay for an education, travel, or receive years of service on average) or mortgage SOCIAL WELFARE – as a pension supplement. MONEY INSTEAD programs. Such is the case in Britain. After leaving Turkmenistan and Tajikistan are two post- OF BENEFITS service, members can draw up to 50% Soviet countries that have not eliminated of their pension in advance, leaving nternational experience shows that queues. Unfortunately, Ukraine also them with a choice: taking the full Icountries prefer to provide welfare continues to hang on to the practice of severance pay and part of the pension support in monetary form: for example, providing service members with free ($30,000-$170,000) and using it, for paying for health insurance rather than housing. Countries are gradually moving example, to buy a home (this amount is treating soldiers at military hospitals. away from this method because it is usually enough in small towns), or get a This approach simplifies the system by economically unfeasible. Ukraine too quality education that will lead to a high- allowing the army to focus on defence must find alternative ways of providing paying civilian job. Another option is to and contracting out non-core functions. welfare support to its soldiers.

8 Overview of Defence Reforms in Ukraine / January 2017 SEVERANCE PAY – In Ukraine, getting a free home is often of $108, and $245 in large cities. MOD MANAGING YOUR a reason soldiers remain in service, housing is of poor quality because of MILITARY CAREER regardless of their effectiveness, the the absence of standards. cost of keeping them in the army, and In the U.S. there is a special website for of the strongest forms other factors. One of welfare support is the military where authorized landlords post their flats – service members can severance pay – the payment of a lump MILITARY HOUSING – sum upon completion of engagement. choose based on location, check out In the U.S. this amount can reach NEW STANDARDS WILL photos, and agree on a price. Rental $160,000. LOWER COSTS AND costs for these flats are below market INCREASE QUALITY because the military provides a stable Interestingly, this is one of the reasons market: the rent is paid on time, soldiers military housing people join the army, and for the U.S. do not spend much time at home, do is an important Defence Department it also serves Quality not destroy furniture, and behave well. as a subtle disciplinary tool. This component of social security for the payment motivates soldiers to serve military in developed countries. The Given the developed IT sector in Ukraine, when they are most useful to the army Armed Forces of Ukraine does not this would be an easy service to set and discharge once they are no longer have a sufficient military housing pool up. It is important that the MOD create bringing the army benefit comparable and compensation for rent in Ukraine favourable conditions for business to to their support costs. Payments is much lower than the average market perform the army’s non-core functions. are calculated using a complex but rates - $77/month, compared with the transparent formula. average market cost of renting a flat COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MILITARY HOUSING PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD

USA Great Britain Russia Turkey Poland Ukraine

Military housing Queue Queue

Compenstion for military housing 800–1000 510–538 85–490 n/a n/a 77–111 ($ per month), country average

Permanent Queue (housing housing No queue No queue Queue suspended No queue No queue provided after 20 years of service)

A service member Military mortgage Interest-free loans with Mortgage pays the regular (after 3 years of partial repayment from programme interest, but is None service, the state the military budget - n/a None exempt from customs (available at pays the loan while a from 40% (depending duties and other state any time) soldier is in service) on length of service) payments

Severance pay up to 170,000 ($) after 40 years (with a 50% 13 390–161 857 2 535–6 859 18 monthly salaries n/a 5 363–14 258 of service for ranks pension up to general reduction)

Ukraine remains one of a handful of countries that still has military housing queues. Most other countries provide other incentives, such as subsidies, favourable mortgage rates, high severance payments.

his brief overview shows that Ukraine must change its approach to providing welfare support to its military Tpersonnel. There are many examples in the world of how best to do this. We must start with the two most important issues – creating a system to provide service members with quality military housing and replacing the housing queue with transparent mechanisms of monetary compensation.

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National Guard has also switched to the ProZorro public e-procurement system.

In 2016 the budget of the NGU increased by 21.9% compared with 2015 to $331.61 million. The amount expected to increase to $366.36 million in 2017. Through the NATO Trust Fund, a rehabilitation centre for ATO veterans was opened at the NGU Medical Centre in Novi Sanzhary. A tactical medicine training program has been designed and courses based on NATO’s military medicine training program are being taught at NGU military units, including NATIONAL GUARD OF UKRAINE: with the participation of foreign FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS instructors.

In 2016 the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU), one of the INTERNATIONAL country's major fighting forces along with the Army, continued COOPERATION the reforms defined in the Concept of the Development of the he National Guard continued Tto expand its cooperation with National Guard of Ukraine through 2020. The main changes military and law enforcement bodies involved the system of management and communication, of NATO member and partner states. personnel training, logistics and medical support. NGU units and members participated in the Rapid Trident and Sea Breeze ajor changes were also made significantly with the introduction of a international exercises, as well as to the organisational and staff training program for special combat M the RoGendIntEx international staff structure, which by 2018 will be similar instructors. As of December 2016, training exercises in Romania. In to the structure of military formations four groups of instructors have been 2016 the NGU was also granted in NATO countries while taking into certified as Level ІІ Instructors. As observer status in the Association account the specifics of the NGU. part of the reform of the sergeant of the European and Mediterranean corps following the NATO model, Police Forces and Gendarmeries the rank of sergeant majors is being MANAGEMENT with Military Status (FIEP). To date, introduced and the Concept of AND COMMUNICATION 142 representatives of the National the Development of NGU Senior ast year the National Guard Guard have undergone training at NCOs has been approved. The MIA unveiled its Crisis Management institutions in NATO member states L International Training Centre is being Centre within the Main Department of and internships with FIEP. established at the NGU training the NGU, which will soon be included ground based on international to the national network of situation standards, and an instructor school ORGANISATIONAL AND centres. Information and cyber is being set up at the training centre STAFF STRUCTURE security systems are being developed, in Zolochiv. and the first telecommunication In 2016 the National Guard be- space in the Ministry of Internal Affairs A Language Centre was opened gan reforming its management (MIA) was established. Testing of the at the NGU National Academy structure, which will continue electronic document management where personnel are taught through June 2018. Under system is nearing completion. foreign languages based on the reform plan, the National STANAG 6001 (levels 1-3) Guard is gradually transitioning PROFESSIONAL language standards. to a military staff structure that TRAINING OF PERSONNEL mirrors that of NATO member states and some partner coun- LOGISTICS The National Guard launched a tries. A strategic planning and modular training program based AND MEDICAL SUPPORT NATO interoperability division on experience gained during U.S.- The NGU has set up a procurement has been formed within the Ukraine exercises. The approach to department that in the future will main department of the NGU. individual personnel training changed become a separate legal entity. The

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BRITISH EXPERTS SATISFIED WITH MOD INTERNAL AUDIT

British experts have conducted an independent assessment of the internal audit done by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. highlighted the efforts by of the Internal Audit Department at the agency using this approach. During a They the MOD to transform Ministry of Defence, was recognized for briefing in Kyiv in January 2017, Defence the internal audit into a mechanism for her strong motivation, dedication, and Minister Stepan Poltorak said the external reaching compliance with international professional management of the audit. audit of the MOD’s system for fighting standards and implementing the Strategic corruption was conducted on the initiative The experts noted that despite the Defence Bulletin. of the MOD. According to him, the challenges of moving away from Ukrainian and British military will continue The Ukrainians were commended for the control and revision work to something to hold joint drills and work together on success of the first stages of the evaluation completely new, the MOD has begun the language and professional training. process and Maryna Barynina, the director transformation process and is the leading

RESTORING ORDER IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LAND BELONGING TO THE MILITARY

As part of the government- public initiative “Together against Corruption”, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has pledged to undertake 5 anti-corruption measures to prevent graft.

nder the plan, the MOD will Vadym Pryymak, director of the Natalia Zeinalova, expert of the Uinventory land and enter into Anti-Corruption Department of the People’s Defence Initiative NGO: the State Land Cadastre information MOD: “There have been many public “During a meeting with managers regarding boundaries, quantitative complaints about corruption in the of housing departments of all and qualitative characteristics, Ministry of Defence, particularly with levels on November 19, Defence monetary value, as well as register regard to land and military housing. Minister Stepan Poltorak gave them the state’s property rights, and the Many of these problems grew two months to create a register of rights of land users to use the land. over the years. The MOD is rolling all assets and land belonging to out a new anti-corruption system the MOD. The Defence Minister Given that the land does not belong and taking measures to reduce also ordered investigations into to the MOD and is leased from local risks of corruption and abuses in violations identified during the governments, the latter transfer these areas. NGOs and volunteer review of the accounting and use sections of military territories to new organizations are helping by of assets, land, lease relations, and users without informing the MOD. providing recommendations on how investment activities at the Odesa This happened because there were to prevent corruption. We are open garrison, and that all evidence be no clear plans of military land and no to all constructive suggestions.” handed over to law enforcement. centralized state register.

Developed by StratComUA 11 MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF UKRAINE, MEDIA DEPARTMENT: +38 (044) 271-34-78, +38 (044) 245-44-01, [email protected] Ministry of Defence of Ukraine DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE: +38 (044) 454-42-55, [email protected] PRESS SERVICE OF THE REFORM PROJECT OFFICE: +38 (097) 559 09 91, +38 (067) 447-41-05, [email protected]

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