Deputy Minister of Defense Vitaly Polovenko conducted unscheduled inspections of military warehouses in the eastern and central parts of Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense inspected warehouses with dry rations for the military
The goal is to control the quality and delivery of a daily field set of products (dry rations for the military).
This is reported by the Ministry of Defense.
According to Polovenko, he received many complaints about rations.
The 15th field set includes 14 types of menus with full dishes. For example: borsch, soups, various porridges with meat and vegetables, coffee, tea, honey, jam, rye and wheat crackers, galettes. The energy value of one ration should be at least 3,500 kilocalories.
That is, these two field sets actually have different purposes. If a soldier goes on a business trip for several days, the 10th norm will be quite enough. But, if the military performs relevant tasks and stays outside the PPA for several weeks, they definitely need the 15th norm. Unfortunately, a situation has arisen where some fighters are offered only the 10th norm.
Vitaly Polovenko
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine
In addition, the Deputy Minister of Defense emphasized that the last purchase of rations of the 15th norm took place at the end of 2022. The entire batch was withdrawn due to non-compliance with laboratory requirements.
It is important that servicemen have both standards of field kits available. Over time, it is planned to move away from canned food and feed our defenders with full meals. After all, we are clearly aware that high-quality and safe food for the military is also a guarantee of our security.
Therefore, the Command of the Logistics Forces should organize the supply of dry rations and as soon as possible form the need for the purchase of the 15th rate of rations. When the Ministry of Defense receives this need, the State Rear Operator will conduct procurement.
DOT will purchase products for the Armed Forces without Prozorro
In order to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with food on time, the State Rear Operator (DOT) will conclude contracts with suppliers within the limits of current legislation without using the Prozorro electronic system.
This is stated in the DOT release.
It is noted that now the key task of the DOT is to ensure the continuity of the supply of food for the military from the second quarter.
In order for the provision to be timely, we will conclude contracts with suppliers within the limits of current legislation without using the Prozorro electronic system, - said Arsen Zhumadilov, General Director of the State Rear Operator.
The institution believes that increasing the manageability, accountability and transparency of the processes will be achieved due to the IT system for collecting applications for the supply of food to military units, developed by the DOT team.
