Ottawa-Sana
The Canadian Toronto Star newspaper revealed that the large and sophisticated amount of weapons sent by many Western countries, led by the United States, to Ukraine contradicts the bleak and depressing reality facing Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries in terms of shortages in ammunition, equipment and medical supplies as a result of Ukrainian officials selling these weapons in a disproportionate manner. illegal.
The newspaper said in today's article: "Despite the large infusion of weapons and equipment from Western countries, the Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries sent by several countries and who are on the front lines on the front lines are complaining of lack of supplies and are poorly equipped as a result of the illegal sale by Ukrainian officials." .
The newspaper added that "the fighters who wear flak jackets and protective helmets come from private donors, far from what the Ukrainian Defense Ministry provides to them, in addition to the businessmen transforming their factories into temporary production facilities."
The Toronto Star pointed out that "the deputy head of the military administration in the city of Chernivtsi in western Ukraine, Artur Munyan, was arrested on suspicion of using ambulances that were donated to provide private services for profit and not for the purposes and uses that they should perform."
Last April, the acting mayor of a city near Lviv in western Ukraine was arrested on charges of accepting a $4,300 bribe from a charitable group to transport a minibus sent from Finland, and the head of a local rescue team in Zaporizhia was arrested for selling an anti-tank grenade launcher and two assault rifles. Kalashnikov model.
The newspaper pointed out that Ukrainian soldiers rush into battle wearing sneakers and mismatched uniforms, and it is almost impossible to obtain strong pain relievers, which made foreign mercenaries, including those who fought wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, unwilling to participate in combat battles that lack the required equipment and readiness. .
Canada sent armored vehicles, M777 howitzers, 4,500 M72 rocket launchers, 7,500 grenades, 100 M2 anti-tank weapons and sniper rifles, as well as machine guns, pistols, night vision goggles, 1.5 million rounds of ammunition and 20,000 artillery rounds.
Last week, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that the injection of weapons into Ukraine would only exacerbate the situation in Ukraine and would only bring more suffering.
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