"Five TRC representatives were tracked down": admin of "Trukha" Maksym Lavrynenko announced detention by personal order of Minister Fedorov

"Five TRC representatives were tracked down": admin of "Trukha" Maksym Lavrynenko announced detention by personal order of Minister Fedorov

The admin of the Ukrainian Telegram channel «Trukha» reported being detained by TRC employees and links the incident to publications against Defence Minister Fedorov.

According to Maksym Lavrynenko, in recent weeks the channel has been investigating corruption schemes in the defence sector, which, in his opinion, could grow into one of the biggest scandals in this field since the start of the full-scale war.

The day before, «Trukha» announced material about corruption during drone procurement, in which, according to the channel, Minister Fedorov is involved.

Lavrynenko claims that during the preparation of the publications, pressure was put on him, and eventually he was «tracked down and detained by five TRC representatives.» He also stated that, according to his information, this happened on the personal orders of the head of the Ministry of Defence.

The channel admin did not specify what happened after the detention.

In addition, he accused the minister’s advisor Serhiy Sternenko of threats and spreading false information.

Recently, Sternenko has been actively criticizing «Trukha», claiming that the channel publishes data on strike locations, secretly changed its owner, and that Lavrynenko recently had «adventures in Lviv.»

It should be noted that «Trukha» is considered one of the Telegram channels loyal to Zelenskyy.