Heavy weapons in Ukraine/ArmyInform
In Europol, without evidence, they announced the likelihood of trade in heavy weapons by Ukraine and the “black market”. After that, I had to explain my words.
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It all started with the fact that Europol speaker Jap Op Gen Oort said that “there are signs of arms smuggling from Ukraine.” Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov responded to these baseless accusations. He asked Europol to show relevant facts and evidence.
There were no such facts in Europol. I had to publish a statement about this on the official website, where I explain the whole situation. They said they were satisfied with cooperation with Ukraine. And that our country “introduces new measures to monitor and trace these firearms.”
Therefore, everything has come to the point that Europol only announced a “potential threat.” But they also named the reason for this – the fighting in Ukraine.
“Regarding the war in Ukraine, Europol has warned that the proliferation of firearms and explosives in Ukraine could lead to an increase in firearms and ammunition entering the EU through established smuggling routes or online platforms. This threat could be even greater after the end of the conflict,” Europol said in a statement.
Earlier, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov reacted to the relevant accusations of smuggling heavy weapons. Especially with regard to the weapons that Ukraine receives from Western partners. According to him, there can be no question of any smuggling, because “we need to survive.” He named two cases when heavy weapons left the borders of Ukraine from behind the western border to Europe. In one case, it was sending a howitzer for repairs, which could not be carried out in Ukraine. Another case is the removal of destroyed Russian equipment for demonstrations in Warsaw and Prague.
And the rest of the heavy weapons continue to remain in Ukraine. And NATO representatives can track some of them using GPS trackers.
