National Guard cancels tender for batons and shields intended for crowd dispersal (updated)

National Guard cancels ₴54M tender for riot gear in Sumy region

The National Guard of Ukraine has announced that it will not proceed with the ₴54.17 million procurement of equipment intended for "public order duties" for a military unit based in the Sumy region.

This was reported by Censor.NET, citing a statement from the press service of the NGU.

"The National Guard will not purchase equipment for maintaining public order, as mentioned in numerous recent reports. The procedure to cancel the tender is currently underway," the statement read.

Later, the it confirmed that the procurement had officially been canceled.

As previously reported, Military Unit 2276 of the National Guard, based in the Sumy region, had planned to allocate ₴54.17 million for the purchase of riot control equipment.