According to Dmytro Valusenko, the commanding officer of the army, soldiers are receiving inedible food cans that contain animal skin, cords, and soft tendons. These cans should not pass quality control. According to written responses from the Ministry to NGL Media, the most common reason for the ban was the lack of meat or the presence of microorganisms, which indicate non-sterile manufacturing. NGL Media commissioned a lab to examine the sealed food cans that the soldier had sent. Test results from the institution confirmed that the cans failed to meet the minimum chemical and physical standards, making the food provided to soldiers unfit for sale or consumption.According to NGL media, the Menterika company supplying the meat cans was founded by the legal company Flagman, which specializes in registering legal entities and their interaction with state authorities. Volodymyr Pachyk, founder of Menterika, and Flagman’s leading partner, is also the co-founder of thousands of other companies. The phone number listed is also used for thousands of legal entities. He also claimed that “proper inspections” are used to confirm the quality of food produced by his company. The Central Department of Quality Control, which is part of the Defense Ministry and oversees the Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine, supervises the quality of food supplied to the army. Colonel Oleksandr Fidyna, who led the Quality Control Department until late 2023, was later dismissed, possibly due to his involvement in the purchase of low-quality jackets from Turkey.
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