Charges regarding hromadske investigation, conflict between Texas and White House: highlights for January 27

The defendants in hromadske investigation indicted

The National Police and the Security Service, with the assistance of the Ministry of Defense, have charged the defendants in the case of embezzlement of almost UAH 1.5 billion ($39.6 million) for the purchase of ammunition for the Armed Forces. hromadske dedicated its own investigation to this case.

It is noted that one of the defendants, a former official of the Ministry of Defense, was detained while trying to leave Ukraine. He is currently in custody. According to a source in law enforcement agencies, it is Oleksandr Liyev, the former acting head of the Department of Military and Technical Policy of the Ministry of Defense.

WP: US developing new strategy for Ukraine

The Washington Post, citing sources who requested anonymity, writes that Joe Biden's administration is drawing up a new strategy for the war in Ukraine for 2024 that does not include the liberation of territories.

According to the newspaper, Washington's idea now is for Ukraine to hold its ground and become stronger.

At the same time, according to the American official, the struggle for territories in small towns and villages with minimal strategic value will continue, as will missile and drone launches from both sides, as well as Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.

Lviv military commissar case closed

A court in Lviv has closed the case of Lviv military commissar Andriy Dubovyi, whose son was given a house. The NACP claimed that the developer could have given the house to the military commissar's son to prevent her civilian husband from being mobilized.

NGL.media reported that the 27-year-old son of a military commissar, Vladyslav Dubovyi, was given a 638 m² house in a prestigious suburb of Lviv. In their investigation, the journalists claimed that the value of the gift from local developer Albina Savchuk was determined to be UAH 876,00 ($23,133). However, its market value is at least UAH 4 million ($105,629).

Later, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption stated that Savchuk's husband had never been summoned to the military commissariat during the full-scale war.

Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group shoots civilians in Sumy Oblast

In the morning of January 27, a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group shot a civilian car on the border territory of Sumy Oblast. There was a 54-year-old man and his 68-year-old sister inside. Both were killed.

In addition, the Russian occupation forces dropped explosives from unmanned aerial vehicles on the town of Beryslav, Kherson Oblast. As a result, a man died.

Mention of Ottoman sultan found in Podillia

A slab with Arabic script was found in the Krupenskyi Palace in the village of Kryvchyk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. According to researchers, the text mentions the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III and his Grand Vizier Silahdar Damad Ali Pasha.

The tile with Arabic script under a layer of plaster was discovered during renovations in the left wing of the palace, where the restroom is now located. It is assumed that the slabs were once brought from the Khotyn fortress.

Other news:

• In New York, Donetsk Oblast, the bodies of five people were pulled from the rubble of a house where Russians dropped a bomb.
• A 13-year-old child, who was wounded during the shelling of Kharkiv Oblast on January 17, died in hospital.
• The court returned to the state the land of Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi, who headed the SBU security service under Viktor Yanukovych.
• The Netherlands has contributed €10 million to the development of an IT coalition to help Ukraine.
• A transfer to the airport in Moldova will be organized from Odesa.