A report by a Swiss NGO contradicts the Kremlin’s claim that its allies’ military aid to Ukraine was stolen by criminal groups. The authors of the statement found no evidence of the diversion of weapons supplied by the West since 2022.
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The weapons delivered to kyiv are used to counter the Russian invasion and do not end up in the hands of European gangsters. latest report from the NGO Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crimecomes to refute this information from the Kremlin.
Its authors interviewed European experts, as well as members of Ukrainian criminal groups. They looked through advertisements published on the Dark Webthis clandestine part of the internet used by cybercriminals. Result: no evidence of diversion of weapons, except for a few marginal cases.
A registry for lost or stolen weapons
While it is true that many illegal weapons are circulating in Ukrainethey rather come from the former Soviet Union. They were misplaced by Russian soldiers or recovered by civilians or military personnel.
kyiv has set up a register of firearms present on its territory, where each issued piece is recorded. Lost or stolen weapons must be declared. Thus, ” If such a weapon appears in any country in Europe or the world, we will immediately understand that it is a counterfeit and is the work of Russian special services for the purpose of disinformation and propaganda against Ukraine. “, explains Vadym Dzyubynskyi, head of criminal investigations of the Ukrainian National Police.
And those found guilty of embezzling military equipment face long prison sentences.
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