A number of NATO member states are pushing for an improved system for tracking weapons supplied to Ukraine because of fears that criminal groups might smuggle them out of the country for sale on Europe’s black market, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.
According to another source, “the Ukrainian leadership is setting up a more advanced system for monitoring and tracing weapons with the help of Western countries”.
According to the newspaper’s interlocutor, once weapons are delivered to the border, “we know nothing about their whereabouts, we have no idea where they are going, where they are being used and whether they remain in the country at all”.
The article said NATO member states “have sounded the alarm about the risk of arms smuggling” and “called for closer monitoring of shipments to stop their sale on Europe’s black market.
The paper recalled that after 24 February, Western countries promised to provide Kiev with military assistance worth over 10bn dollars.
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