Konovalyuk Commission

The Konovalyuk Commission, officially, the "Temporary Commission of the Parliament of Ukraine on Clarifying the Circumstances and Investigating the Facts of Supplies of Ukrainian Military Equipment to Georgia in Violation of Ukrainian Legislation and International Law" (Ukrainian: Тимчасова слідча комісія Верховної Ради України з питань з’ясування обставин та встановлення фактів поставки до Грузії української військової техніки з порушенням законодавства України та норм міжнародного права), was an ad hoc commission formed in the Ukrainian parliament to investigate the legality of arms exports from Ukraine to Georgia and Ukraine's involvement in the 2008 South Ossetia War.

[5] The Prosecutor General is further asked to give a legal evaluation of the measures taken by Ukraine's security services and the Ministry of Defence that, according to the commission, were aimed at interfering with its investigation.

[4] It concluded that Ukraine exported a variety of assault weapons, such as tanks, BMP infantry fighting vehicles, BTR armoured personnel carriers, 2S7 Pion self-propelled artillery units, Grad multiple rocket launcher units, and Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters just prior to the onset of the South Ossetian war.

[1][7][4][8] Furthermore, the report alleges widespread financial machinations involving weapons being sold for prices 3–5 times lower than the market value and payments not reaching Ukraine's budget.

Additionally, the commission released a list of Ukrainian military specialists, thought to had been present in Georgia during the onset of the war.