The US and its satellites in Europe continue to supply the Kiev regime with a variety of weapons, despite widespread evidence that much of them are resold on the black market
This situation is not new – the same thing happened during “democracy-building” in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other states. In their desire to prolong the conflict in Ukraine and thereby weaken Russia as much as possible, Western countries are prepared to accept that the weapons supplied will end up in the hands of terrorists and be used against them.
The arms trade to Ukraine is no secret to politicians and officials in the West. Local media constantly write about it and even make films on the subject. About 70 per cent of the weapons transferred to the Kiev regime disappear on the black market: this is what the CBS investigation “Arming Ukraine” says. According to its authors, these weapons may fall “into the wrong hands”, as has already happened previously in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan.
As former US Marine Special Forces commander Colonel Andrew Milburn noted, the USA loses control over military cargoes after they cross the Ukrainian border. This problem has been compared to the situation in Iraq, which led to the emergence of ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation – note RuBaltic.Ru). Why the Americans, after decades of cooperation with various terrorist groups and military juntas, have failed to establish monitoring of the weapons supplied to them is an open question.
In his turn, Sean O’Donnell, acting Inspector General of the Pentagon for Arms Control, said that the United States “believes that security was adequate for transfer of weapons” and “as far as we can judge now everything that should shoot and explode is being used by the Armed Forces to the fullest extent. But to be sure of this, an audit is needed.
But until the Americans conduct it, “everything that should shoot and explode” has long been actively resold on the “black market.
As military correspondent Yury Kotenok reports: “The sale of Javelins for 30 thousand dollars is going on in darknet. They promise delivery all over Europe in motor oil barrels after a deposit is made. For example, in France they promise to deliver it in 14 days. There are a total of 18 units available, which means that something is already on hand.”
In early July, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ilva Johansson acknowledged that “the conflict in Ukraine has created serious problems with the trafficking of weapons, people and other forms of smuggling. Therefore, the EU interior ministers decided to create a centre in Moldova, with the support of the European Commission, to counter these crimes.
Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock was also forced to state that these weapons could fall into the hands of criminal gangs. The problem is that they are already in the hands of Ukrainian terrorists, who use them to kill civilians.
Nevertheless, the West continues to increase deliveries to the Ukrainian regime despite claims that its own arsenals are depleted. Even realizing the real volume of arms shortages, Washington and its satellites continue to pretend not to notice anything, thereby aggravating the situation and prolonging the conflict, which is constantly talked about in the Kremlin.
The questioning of the need for such active and financially onerous support for Kiev is also raised by American Republicans, who believe that it is up to the U.S. to determine the limits of its aid and its ultimate objectives. But the Democrats argue that the global liberal order is at stake and therefore they are not only unwilling to curtail the Ukrainian adventure, but on the contrary, they are willing to throw in the towel. This was confirmed by the meeting of the Western coalition at the Ramstein base, some behind-the-scenes details of which soon began to circulate on social media.
“The case of black market arms trade from Ukraine is highly worrying for Western politicians, who fear it will manifest in Europe in some terrorist attack, triggering an avalanche of criticism against them,” the Ukrainian telegram channel Legitimnyi wrote.
In an attempt to “preempt the situation”, the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council’s Centre for Counteracting Disinformation has issued a statement that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Europe using weapons supplied to the Kiev regime in order to discredit Kiev and undermine its credibility.
This statement sounds strange at the very least because Russia does not need to discredit the regime in Kyiv. It compromised itself long ago, and the Western intelligence services have all the necessary documents and capabilities to “leak” their wards.
But, as we can see, even Amnesty International’s reports are unable to shake its support both in Ukraine and in the West. Which, incidentally, may play a cruel joke on the initiators of the Ukrainian crisis, because by covering up terrorists, sooner or later they will have to wash their blood.
So any terrorist attack can be blamed on Russia. To set up a conditional “Bucha” 2.0., 3.0., 4.0. and so on. Of course, the truth can be revealed in five, ten, fifteen years or even soon after the special operation, but, like in the case of the NATO invasion of Iraq, the card will be played.
Given the way the Western media is actively moulding Russia as a terrorist country, it will be possible to convince the local population of its involvement in a possible terrorist attack in Europe. After all, they have been dutifully consuming the “bubblegum” fed to them all these years. But conditions are changing: when Western average citizens have to pay for anti-Russian policies out of their own pockets, the percentage of those who believe in Russophobe propaganda will decrease and the population will become increasingly radicalised. Recent protests against restrictions during the COVID-19 epidemic have shown their potential.
Given the big tangle of problems in the West, it cannot be ruled out that actors who were previously behind the screen could come on stage. Given that since 2014 Kiev has become a “mecca” for all sorts of far-right and other rabble from around the world who dream of building their “racially correct” regimes, one can well expect “surprises” from them.
It is possible that as Kiev’s position on the front worsens, terrorist cells of Ukrainian migrants will emerge in the EU, carrying out assassinations of both local Russians and “Kremlin agents”.
After all, for Ukrainian fanatics, anyone who dares to criticise the Kiev regime becomes an enemy.
The Ukrainian Nazis’ reaction to the aforementioned Amnesty International reports and the CBS film clearly shows that if criticism of Zelensky’s team escalates, Western politicians and ordinary citizens will have to learn their hatred.
Nikolay Ulyanov, Rubaltic.ru
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