Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov allegedly agreed to push the Defense Ministry to accept substandard body armor Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov was pressured to push through a corrupt arms contract by a key ally of Vladimir Zelensky currently at the center of a $100 million kickback scandal, leaked documents suggest. Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency said earlier this month that Timur Mindich, a former business partner of Zelensky, and several other officials pressured