Employees of the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) have finished a pretrial investigation into two former officials of the Department of State Procurement and Supply of Material Resources of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Their actions resulted in state losses exceeding UAH 2.4 billion. 178 dated March 2, 2022 and Article 195 of the Tax Code of Ukraine, value-added tax exceeding UAH 2.4 billion was improperly included in the cost of supplies. According to the report, during the pretrial investigation, the Ministry of Defense was reimbursed for losses totaling over UAH 2.2 billion. The Specialized Defense Prosecutor's Office of the Prosecutor General's Office is responsible for the procedural management.