Four helicopters, two planes previously owned by Crimean businessmen transferred to ARMA

The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Following the materials of the State Bureau of Investigation, the management of four Mi-2 helicopters and two An-2 aircraft was transferred to the Ukrainian Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA). The above vehicles used to be owned by the Crimean entrepreneurs, who had been exposed by the Bureau as financing Russian armed aggression,” the report states.

In January 2024, the State Bureau of Investigation served with charges nine entrepreneurs registered in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, who were doing business in the field of recreation and agro-industrial business activities. They were suspected of financing the actions committed with the aim of encroaching on Ukraine’s territory (Part 3, Article 110-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

“They were doing business in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine and transferred tax payments to the aggressor state, providing financing for Russian armed aggression. The investigation established that the defendants in the case owned helicopters and planes on the Ukrainian-controlled territory. In order to prevent them from being re-registered on bogus persons, the court arrested them at the prosecutor’s request,” the Bureau noted.

According to the data from law enforcers, upon the sale of the aircraft fleet, the funds will be directed to acquire war bonds.

Procedural guidance in the case is provided by Cherkasy Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

A reminder that the Ukrainian Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) put up for auction through the Prozorro.Sale system over 67,000 liters of Russian-produced plant protection agents, which had been imported into Ukraine via Belarus.

Photo: State Bureau of Investigation